Given name & surname · Hindi
अख़्तर
“planet”
अख़्तर (axtar) is a unisex given name, possibly from Classical Persian, ultimately from Middle Persian. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: axtar.
Meaning & origin
What it means
अख़्तर possibly goes back to a word meaning “planet.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
अख़्तर possibly comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Middle Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Classical Persian اَخْتَر, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭫 (ʾhtl).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
अख़्तर’s family of names
In Hindi usage, अख़्तर can be written in the Roman alphabet as axtar. In Hindi usage, अख़्तर has a related form in अख्तर.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love अख़्तर, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Pezeshkian
Pezeshkian is a surname from Persian.
—
Baloch
Baloch is a surname, possibly from Baluchi, ultimately from Classical Persian.
—
Szeherezada
“child of the city”
—
Alizadeh
“Ali” · “offspring”
—
Imširović
“sibling”
—
Farhadi
“farhâdi”
—
Xomanaiy
Xomanaiy is a surname from Classical Persian. It is used in Uzbek.
—
Khosravi
Khosravi is a surname from Persian.
—