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

• Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer

Kader

• 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 (1937-2018), Indian film actor
• Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player

Kadir

• 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 (24 January 1933–5 May 2019), Turkish Islamist writer and conspiracy theorist
• Kadir Nelson (born 1974), African American artist and illustrator
• Kadir Rana (born 1961), Indian politician
• Kadir Topbaş (1945–2021), Turkish architect and former Mayor of Istanbul

Qader

• Qader Eshpari (born 1967), Afghan singer

Qadir

• Al-Qadir (947-1031), 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

• Abdul Kadir (1952-2018), Guyanese politician, convicted terrorist.
• Abdul Qadir (1944-2014) Afghan communist military officer
• 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
• Ghulam Qadir, (1767-1789) Afghan Rohilla leader
• 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 (born 1973), Afghan politician
• Zunun Kadir (1911–1989), Uyghur writer

See also

• Ghadir (disambiguation)
• Abdul Qadir
• Ghadir class submarine, Iranian submarine capable of launching torpedoes and rockets
• Qader (missile), Iranian anti-ship cruise missile
• Kadyrov (disambiguation)