Khadr or Khader, Kheder, Khidr/Khizr, Khodr, Khudr, Xidir etc. are romanizations of خضر, an Arabic given name and surname. In surnames, it is sometimes accompanied by the definite article Al- (خضر, romanized as Al-Khodr, Al-Kheder, Al-Khudr, etc.). The Arabic word denotes the colour green, and Khidr or Al-Khidr ('the green one'), is a figure in Islam and related religions.
Khadr/Khader
editPeople with the surname
edit- Khadr family, A Canadian family noted for their ties to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda
- Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989)
- Abdullah Khadr (born 1981)
- Abdurahman Khadr (born 1982)
- Ahmed Khadr (1948-2003)
- Amanda Khadr (born 1981)
- Maha el-Samnah (born 1957)
- Omar Khadr (born 1986)
- Zaynab Khadr (born 1979)
- Naim Khader (1939–1981), Palestinian Fatah member
- Naser Khader (born 1963), Danish politician
- Saad Khader (born 1943), Saudi actor
- Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist
People with the given name
edit- Khader Abu-Seif (born 1988), Palestinian copywriter and LGBT rights activist
- Khadr El-Touni (1916–1956), Egyptian weightlifter
Places
edit- Khader, Fars, Iran
- al-Khader, Palestinian town west of Bethlehem, West Bank
- Hader, Syria
Kheder
editPeople
edit- Ferrid Kheder (born 1975), Tunisian judoka and mixed martial artist
- Qusai Kheder (born 1978), also known by mononym Qusai (and Qusai aka Don Legend the Kamelion), Saudi Arabian hip hop artist
Places
edit- Hajji Kheder, village in Samen Rural District, Samen District, Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran
Khidr/Khizr
editKhidr or Khizr (al-Khidr, al-Khizr, Arabic: الخضر, romanized: al-Ḫiḍr, lit. 'the green one')
- Al-Khidr, a figure in Islam
- Khidr (Khan of Golden Horde) (r. 1361-1362)
- Khidr Khan Surak, Suri governor of Bengal
- Khizr Khan, founder of the 15th-century Sayyid dynasty
- Khizr M. Khan (born 1950), Pakistani American lawyer
- one of the pseudonyms used by American black supremacist Dwight York (born 1945)
Khodr
editPeople with the given name
edit- Khodr Alama (born 1963), Lebanese music executive and entrepreneur
People with the surname
edit- George Khodr, Metropolitan of Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon, Byblos and Botrys of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
- Jihad Khodr (born 1983), Brazilian professional surfer
- Salam Khodr, Lebanese journalist and correspondent
- Zeina Khodr, international journalist and TV news correspondent
Khudr
editPeople with the given and middle name
edit- Ismail Khudr Al-Shatti, Kuwaiti politician
People with the surname
edit- Humood AlKhudher (born 1989), Kuwaiti singer
- Ahlam Khudr, Sudanese activist
Places
edit- Sahwat al-Khudr, village in southern Syria
Xidir
edit- Pîr Xidir Silêman (1952–2021), Yazidi-Kurdish academic, writer, politician and scholar