Gaidar is a name in Russian, Azerbaijani and Arabic.
Russian surname (Russian Гайда́р), a pseudonym of Arkady Gaidar which was taken as a last name by his descendants:
Arkady Gaidar (real name Arkady Golikov, 1904–1941), Soviet writer of children's stories.
His son (Timur Gaidar) published two versions of the pseudonym's origin[1]:
- This an abbreviation of French "Golikov Arkady d ' Arsamas", which means "Golikov, Arkady from Arzamas".
- Arkady took the name Gaidar from a Khakas language word meaning going first, the leader.
Timur Gaidar (1926–1999), Soviet admiral, Arkady's son
Yegor Gaidar (1956–2009), former acting Prime Minister of Russia, Timur's son
Maria Gaidar (born 1982), Russian activist of the political youth movement "DA!", daughter of Yegor Gaidar
