Zadeh

For the village in Iran, see Zadeh, Iran.

Zadeh (also Zade[1]) (Persian: زاده) is a Persian patronymic suffix meaning 'descendant of' or 'born of' used in names mainly in Iran and Azerbaijan.

Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include:

* Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist

* Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh (1812–1878), Azerbaijani author, playwright, and philosopher
* Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and pianist
* Rafael Amen-Zadeh (born 1943), Soviet and Azerbaijani mathematician and physicist

* Hashem Beikzadeh (born 1984), Iranian footballer

* Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982), Iranian politician

* Masoud Hashemzadeh (born 1981), Iranian wrestler
* T. J. Houshmandzadeh (born 1977), American NFL football player

* Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born 1963), American physician and medical researcher

* Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1932), Azerbaijani satirist and writer
* Aziza Mustafazadeh (born 1969), Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer
* Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940–1979), Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer

* Hossein Rezazadeh (born 1978), Iranian politician, retired Olympic weightlifter, and world record holder

* Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (1942–2023), Iranian and German philosopher of medicine
* Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986), Swedish music producer
* Aysel Teymurzadeh (born 1989), Azerbaijani singer

## See also

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* Zadeh, a common element (i.e., that sequence, though not necessarily with the initial letter in upper-case) in Iranian names and toponyms -- Hence, see All pages with titles containing Zadeh, although due to technical considerations it will omit most of the many instances where that letter is immediately preceded, not by either a hyphen or white-space, but by a letter of the alphabet.
* Zada (suffix)

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