Kadir

Kadeer/Kader/Kadir/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir are the primary transliterations of two Arabic male given names (Arabic: قادر, also spelled Qaadir) and (Arabic: قدیر, also spelled Qadeer). These names are derived from Al-Qaadir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The (Most) Capable", using the word قدير meaning "able/competent".

Kadeer[edit]

Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer

Kader[edit]

Kader Abdolah (born 1954), Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist
Kader Arif (born 1959), French politician
Kader Asmal (1934–2011), South African politician
Kader Hançar (corn 1999), Turkish women's footballer
Kader Khan (born 1937), Indian film actor
Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player

Kadir[edit]

Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singaporean boxer
Kadir Arslan (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player
Kadir Cin (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player
Kadir İnanır (born 1949), Turkish film actor and director
Kadir Keleş (born 1988), Turkish footballer
Kadir Mısıroğlu (1933–2019), Turkish Islamist writer and conspiracy theorist
Kadir Nelson, African American artist and illustrator
Kadir Rana (born 1961), Indian politician
Kadir Topbaş (1945–2021), Turkish architect and former Mayor of Istanbul

Qader[edit]

Qader Eshpari (born 1967), Afghan singer

Qadir[edit]

Al-Qadir (died 1031), Caliph of the later Abbasid caliphate ruled from 1st November 991 – 29th November 1031.
Qadir Huseynov (born 1986), Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
Qadir Magsi (born 1962), Pakistani politician
Qadir Obeidi (born 1947), Iraqi politician

Surname[edit]

Aron Kader (born 1974), American comedian of Palestinian descent
Asghar Qadir (born 1946), Pakistani mathematician
Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
Foued Kadir (born 1983), Algerian footballer
Kamal Qadir (born 1958), Kurdish activist
Khandan Kadir (born 1969), Afghan extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
Rebiya Kadeer (born 1947), Uyghur businesswoman
Zahir Qadir, Afghan politician
Zunun Kadir (1911–1989), Uyghur writer