Kadir
A Turkish and Arabic name meaning "powerful, capable". In Poland it stays rare: just over a hundred men carry it, all male, and most Poles have never met one.
Kadir Pronunciation
Kadir is pronounced KAH-deer (/ˈkadir/).
What Kadir means
Where Kadir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kadir comes from Arabic, from qadir, meaning powerful and capable. In Islam al-Qadir stands among the ninety-nine names of God, the All-Powerful. The word arrived already heavy before any child wore it.
Turkish families know it from Kadir Gecesi, the Night of Power, one of the holiest nights of Ramadan. A boy born near that night was sometimes given the name. The link to worship is old.
On the Polish list the name has no diminutives and no feminine twin. It stands alone. In a Kraków class register beside Kacper and Karol, Kadir marks a family with roots in Turkey or the Arab world.
Its meaning stayed close to its origin. Where many names drift, Kadir kept the sense of the word that made it: potężny, capable.
How many people are named Kadir
1 in 173546 men in Poland is named Kadir. 123 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3032 among male names.
Kadir's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Kadir as a middle name
Kadir is a first name for 123 men in Poland and a middle name for another 38, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1306th, between Jimmy (38) and Maik (38).
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