Bakhtiyār (Persian: بختیار; lit. lucky), alternatively spelt as "Bakhtyar", "Baxtiyar", "Bachtiar", "Bakhtiyor", "Baxtiyor", "Bachtyar" and "Bahtiyar", is a Persian masculine given name and surname. Its feminine form is Bakhtawar. It is formed by a confluence of the elements ‘bakht’ meaning ‘fortune’ or ‘happiness’ and ‘avar’ meaning ‘bringing’ or ‘giving.’ Notable people with the name include:
Given name Bahtiyar Bahtiyar Aydın (1946–1993), Turkish general Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), Turkish-German football coach
Bakhtiyar Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji (1150–1206), Ghurid general in Bengal under Qutb-ud-din Aibak Bakhtiyar Kaki (1173–1235), a 13th-century Sufi Bakhtiyar Artayev (born 1983), a Kazakh boxer Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (born 1987), a Russian wrestler Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925–2009), an Azerbaijani poet Bakhtiyar Musayev (born 1973), an Azerbaijani footballer Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov (born 1955), Russian international lawyer Bakhtiyar Tyleganov (born 1976), a Kazakh boxer Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov (born 1998), a Kazakh footballer Baxtiyor Rahimov (born 1963), an Uzbek Islamist militant Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (born 1978), an Uzbek football player 'Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar (943–978), a 10th-century Buyid Amir Bäxtiär Qanqayıv, an 18th-century Russian colonel (of Tatar origin) Bakhtiar Amin (born 1959), Iraqi Kurdish politician
Bachtiar
Bachtyar Bachtyar Ali (born 1960), Kurdish-Iraqi novelist and intellectual
Surname Gulnazar, born Gülnezer Bextiyar (born 1992), Chinese actress and model of Uyghur origin Abol Ghassem Bakhtiar (1872–1971), Iranian physician Helen Jeffreys Bakhtiar (1905–1973), American nurse, civil servant Lailee Bakhtiar (born 1951), American author and critic Laleh Bakhtiar (1938–2020), Iranian-American author, translator and clinical psychologist Rudi Bakhtiar (born 1966), Iranian-American newswoman Shapour Bakhtiar (1914–1991), Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran Teymur Bakhtiar (1914–1970), Iranian general and head of Savak
See also Akmal Bakhtiyarov, a Kazakh footballer