Given name · oge
ვახტანგ
“wolf-bodied”
ვახტანგ (vaxṭang) is a masculine given name from Iranian. It is used in Old Georgian.
ogeWritten in Georgian script. In English: vaxṭang.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ვახტანგ goes back to a word meaning “wolf-bodied.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ვახტანგ’s family of names
In Old Georgian usage, ვახტანგ can be written in the Roman alphabet as vaxṭang.
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People named ვახტანგ
- Vakhtang KikabidzeSoviet and Georgian singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer (1938–2023)
- Vakhtang IKing of Iberia (440-502)
- Vakhtang VIKing of Kartli1675–1737
- Vakhtang IIKing of Georgia (r.1289-1292)1251–1293
- Vakhtang IVKing of Georgia1413–1446
- Vakhtang ChabukianiGeorgian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1910–1992)
- Vakhtang IIIKing of Georgia1275–1308
- Vakhtang BlagidzeGeorgian Olympic wrestlerborn 1954
- Vakhtang GomelauriGeorgian former interior minister, former head of the State Security Service and former deputy prime minister; sanctioned over serious human rights abusesborn 1975
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