Kadi̇r
A Turkish name meaning "powerful, capable", carried only by men. It stays rare in Poland: fewer than a hundred people hold it, so most Poles have never met one.
Kadi̇r Pronunciation
Kadi̇r is pronounced KAHDİR (/kadi̇r/).
What Kadi̇r means
Where Kadi̇r comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kadir came into Turkish from Arabic. The root qadara carries the sense of power and ability, and the classical form Qādir means powerful, capable. In Islam, al-Qādir stands among the names of God, the one with power over all things.
Turkish families give the name to sons, and it keeps the meaning it started with: powerful, capable. The sense has not drifted.
One night of Ramadan is called Kadir Gecesi in Turkish, the Night of Power, drawn from that same Arabic root. Boys born near it are sometimes given the name Kadir. On a Polish class register, a Kadir might now sit between a Kacper and a Kamil, an Arabic word for strength written out in full.
How many people are named Kadi̇r
1 in 229529 men in Poland is named Kadi̇r. 93 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3609 among male names.
Kadi̇r as a middle name
Kadi̇r is a first name for 93 men in Poland and a middle name for another 12, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2800th, between Ján (12) and Kain (12).
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#2798 Joon12
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#2799 Ján12
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#2800 Kadi̇r12
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#2801 Kain12
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#2802 Kamran12