Altan is a male Turkish given name used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden"[ 1] 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 playerAltan Çelem [tr ] (born 1969), Turkish painterAltan Çetin [tr ] (born 1969), Turkish singer-songwriterAltan Çilingiroğlu [tr ] (1944–2021), Turkish archaeologistAltan Debter , an early, now lost history of the MongolsAltan Deliorman [tr ] (1936–2012), Turkish historian, writer and journalistAltan Dinçer (1932–2010), Turkish basketball playerEngin Altan Düzyatan (born 1979), Turkish actorAltan Erbulak [tr ] (1929–1988), Turkish cartoonist, actor, journalistAltan Erkekli , a Turkish theatre and film actorAltan Erol , a Turkish professional basketball playerAltan Gördüm [tr ] (born 1958), Turkish actorAltan Günbay [tr ] (1931–2014), Turkish actor and directorAltan Güneş [tr ] (born 1986), Turkish football playerAltan Güven [tr ] (born 1938), Turkish retired diplomatAltan Karamanoğlu [tr ] (1935–2012), Turkish ambassadorAltan Karındaş (1928–2021), Turkish actor and voice actorAltan Kavak [tr ] (born 1936), Turkish politicianAltan Khan , a Mongol ruler (1507–1582)Altan Khan of the Khotgoid , a succession of rulers of north-western Mongolia in the 17th centuryMehmet Altan Karapaşaoğlu [tr ] (born 1940), Turkish industrialistAltan Öymen , a Turkish journalist, author and former politicianAltan Tan [tr ] (born 1958), Turkish writer and politicianAltan Telgey , a Mongol earth goddessAltan Tobchi , a 17th-century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush LuvsandanzanAltan Tuna [tr ] (born 1941),Turkish bureaucratAltan Urag , a Mongolian folk rock band
Surname
Ahmet Altan (born 1950), Turkish journalist and authorAlparslan Altan [tr ] (born 1968), former member of Turkish Constitutional CourtBerfin Altan (born 2003), Turkish women's goalball playerCan Altan [tr ] (born 1946), Turkish ambassadorÇetin Altan (1927–2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and former member of parliamentEyüp Altan [tr ] (born 1940), Turkish businessmanHasan Altan [tr ] (born 1948), Turkish politicianİsmail Hakkı Altan [tr ] (1871–1927), Turkish politicianKamil Altan (1924–2011), Turkish footballer.Mehmet Altan (born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist and writerÖzdemir Altan [tr ] (born 1931), Turkish painterFrancesco Tullio Altan (born 1942), Italian satire and comic book authorKaan Altan , a founding member of the Turkish rock band Mavi SakalSaadet İkesus Altan (1916–2007), Turkish opera singer, vocal coach and opera director
See also
Given names and surnames derived from the word "
Gold "
Does not include compound words, such as
Goldfarb Given name Surname
Germanic: Gaulden , Geld , Gold , Golden , Golding , Goolden , Goulden
South Slavic: Zlatanov , Zlatanović , Zlatev , Zlatkov , Zlatković
East Slavic: Zolotov Both
References
^ Гарма Данцаранович Санжеев - The modern Mongolian language (1973), p. 24
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