Ata (name)

Ata is the anglicized form of several names in several languages around the world.

Ata
PronunciationArabic pronunciation: [ʕatˤaː]
Persian pronunciation: [ʔætɒː]
Turkish pronunciation: [ˈata]
Hebrew pronunciation: [ʕata]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameOld Turkic, Arabic, Hebrew, Fante
Meaningforefather in Turkic; Gift in Arabic; one of the twins in Fante;
Region of originSoutheastern Europe, Asia Minor; Middle East; Western Africa. In Ogba language West Africa, Nigeria, it means, "Child."
Other names
Alternative spelling‘Aṭā, `Ata, 'Ata, Atta, & Ataa in Arabic; Ataa in Fante
Derivedfrom Old Turkic ata, "father", possibly from proposed Proto-Altaic *ĕ́t`e, "elder relative"; From Arabic atiyah, "gift";
Related namesAtiyah, Ataullah, and Ata-ur-Rahman in Arabic; Agata, Aminata, and Barbata in Fante; Atahan, Atakan, Atagün in Turkish

Ata, Atta, or Ataa may refer more specifically to:

First element of compound name

Given name

Turkish

  • Ata Bozaci (born 1974), Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and artist of Turkish descent
  • Ata Demirer (born 1972), Turkish stand-up comedian and actor

Hungarian

Arabic

Fante

  • Ataa Oko (1919–2012), Ghanaian sculptor and artist

Surname

Turkish

Arabic

  • Wasil ibn Ata (700–748), Islamic scholar
  • Rahil Ata (1826 – 1894), Lebanese teacher and translator
  • Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta (born 1954), American-Arab militant
  • Shahla Ata (1959–2015), Afghan politician and congresswoman
  • Muhammad Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist, ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks
  • Walid Atta (born 1986), Swedish footballer

Common name

  • Ata is the commonly-abbreviated name for the Atacama skeleton, the six-inch long remains of a human with major genetic abnormalities that was discovered in 2003

References

  1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  2. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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