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In all the world, Hedayat (هدايت
, Hedayat
, هدایت
) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female forename. The first name Hedayat is habitual in Afghanistan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Southern Asia, particularly Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. Much less frequently, Hedayat is the last name as well as the forename.