Altan (name)

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.

Altan
GenderMale & female
Origin
Language(s)1. Turkic
2. Mongolian
3. Irish
4. Scottish Gaelic
5. Swedish
6. Danish
Meaning1. "red dawn"
2. "golden"
3. "red rising sun"

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

References
  1. Гарма Данцаранович Санжеев - The modern Mongolian language (1973), p. 24
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