Given name & surname · also Hindi
Akhtar
“star”
Akhtar is a unisex given name, possibly from Hindi, ultimately from Middle Persian.
Original Hindiअख़्तर
Meaning & origin
What it means
Akhtar possibly goes back to Classical Persian اَخْتَر, meaning “star.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Akhtar possibly comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Middle Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Hindi अख़्तर, from Urdu اَخْتَر, from Classical Persian اَخْتَر (“star”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭫 (ʾhtl).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Akhtar’s family of names
In English usage, Akhtar shares an earlier linguistic root with Tara. In English usage, Akhtar has a related form in AKHTER. In English usage, Akhtar shares an earlier linguistic root with Sitara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Akhtar has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Akhtar
- Akhtar Mansur2nd leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan1968–2016
- Akhtar Hameed KhanDevelopment activist, social scientist (1914–1999)
- Akhtar Abdur RahmanPakistani intelligence chief (1924–1988)
- Akhtar Hussainfield hockey player (1926–1987)
- Akhtar Raza KhanGrand Mufti of India1943–2018
- Akhtar Rasoolfield hockey playerborn 1954
- Begum Akhtar RiazuddinPakistani sarnama nigar1928–2023
- Akhtar Mengalpolitician in Pakistanborn 1962
- Akhtar ul ImanUrdu poet and screenwriter (1915-1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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