| Gender | Male & female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | 1.
Turkic 2. Mongolian 3. Irish 4. Scottish Gaelic 5. Swedish 6. Danish |
| Meaning | 1. "red dawn" 2. "golden" 3. "red rising sun" |
Altan is a male Turkish given name used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden" [1] in Mongolian and "red dawn" in Turkic. The related word " Altın" is also Turkish for "golden" and a common Turkish first name.
Given name
- Altan Aksoy, a Turkish football player
- Altan Çelem (born 1969), Turkish painter
- Altan Çetin (born 1969), Turkish singer-songwriter
- Altan Çilingiroğlu (1944–2021), Turkish archaeologist
- Altan Debter, an early, now lost history of the Mongols
- Altan Deliorman (1936–2012), Turkish historian, writer and journalist
- Altan Dinçer (1932–2010), Turkish basketball player
- Engin Altan Düzyatan (born 1979), Turkish actor
- Altan Erbulak (1929–1988), Turkish cartoonist, actor, journalist
- Altan Erkekli, a Turkish theatre and film actor
- Altan Erol, a Turkish professional basketball player
- Altan Gördüm (born 1958), Turkish actor
- Altan Günbay (1931–2014), Turkish actor and director
- Altan Güneş (born 1986), Turkish football player
- Altan Güven (born 1938), Turkish retired diplomat
- Altan Karamanoğlu (1935–2012), Turkish ambassador
- Altan Karındaş (1928–2021), Turkish actor and voice actor
- Altan Kavak (born 1936), Turkish politician
- Altan Khan, a Mongol ruler (1507–1582)
- Altan Khan of the Khotgoid, a succession of rulers of north-western Mongolia in the 17th century
- Mehmet Altan Karapaşaoğlu (born 1940), Turkish INdustiralist
- Altan Öymen, a Turkish journalist, author and former politician
- Altan Tan (born 1958), Turkish writer and politician
- Altan Telgey, a Mongol earth goddess
- Altan Tobchi, a 17th-century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush Luvsandanzan
- Altan Tuna (born 1941),Turkish bureaucrat
- Altan Urag, a Mongolian folk rock band
Surname
- Ahmet Altan (born 1950), Turkish journalist and author
- Alparslan Altan (born 1968), former member of Turkish Constitutional Court
- Berfin Altan (born 2003), Turkish women's goalball player
- Can Altan (born 1946), Turkish ambassador
- Çetin Altan (1927–2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and former member of parliament
- Eyüp Altan (born 1940), Turkish businessman
- Hasan Altan (born 1948), Turkish politician
- İsmail Hakkı Altan (1871–1927), Turkish politician
- Kamil Altan(1924–2011), Turkish footballer.
- Mehmet Altan (born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist and writer
- Özdemir Altan (born 1931), Turkish painter
- Francesco Tullio Altan (born 1942), Italian satire and comic book author
- Kaan Altan, a founding member of the Turkish rock band Mavi Sakal
- Saadet İkesus Altan (1916–2007), Turkish opera singer, vocal coach and opera director
See also
- Altan, Irish folk band
- Altan (disambiguation), other uses
Given names and surnames derived from the word "
Gold" | ||
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Does not include compound words, such as
Goldfarb | ||
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References
- ^ Гарма Данцаранович Санжеев - The modern Mongolian language (1973), p. 24