Given name & surname
Talat
“one who prays”·“beauty”
Talat is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who prays” (Indian) and “beauty” (Turkish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who prays” (Indian) and “beauty” (Turkish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish طَلْعَت (tal'at), from Classical Persian طَلْعَت, from Arabic طَلْعَة; its root is Arabic ط ل ع.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Talat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 755 as a first name in 2020; 128 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Talat’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Talat shares a linguistic root with the Bashkir form Тәлғәт. Talat has a related form in Talatt. Talat has a related form in Tallat.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
People named Talat
- Talat XhaferiPrime Minister of North Macedonia in 2024born 1962
- Talat BasariIranian-American poet and writer1923–2020
- Talat BulutTurkish actor (born 1956)
- Talat TunçalpTurkish cyclist (1917–2017)
- Talat HussainPakistani actor (1942–2024)1940–2024
- Talaat SadatEgyptian lawyer and politician (1954–2011)
- Talaat ZakariaEgyptian actor (1960–2019)
- Talat ÖzkarslıTurkish association football player (1938–2020)
- Talât Sait HalmanTurkish historian and writer (1931–2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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