Bakhtiar (name)

Bakhtiār or Bakhtiyār (Persian: بختیار‎ meaning lucky), also spelled as Bakhtyar, Baxtiyar, Baxtiyor and Bahtiyar, is a Persian given name for boys, popular in Iran, Central Asia, and among the Muslims of South Asia. It is also a common surname in Iran (specially among those who are originally from the Bakhtiari tribe).

Given name

Bahtiyar

• Bahtiyar Aydın (1946-1993), Turkish general
• Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), Turkish-German football coach
• Bahtiyar Topal (born 1957), Turkish football manager

Bakhtiyar

• Bakhtiyar Kaki, a 13th-century Sufi
• Bakhtiyar Artayev, a Kazakh boxer
• Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, a Russian wrestler
• Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, an Azerbaijani poet
• Bakhtiyar Tyleganov, a Kazakh boxer
• Baxtiyor Rahimov, an Uzbek Islamist militant
• Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev, an Uzbek football player
• Bakhtiyar ibn Abu-Ja'far, an 11th-century local ruler of Semnan (under Ziyarids)
• 'Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, a 10th-century Buyid Amir
• Bakhtiyar ibn Hasanuya, a 10th-century Hasanuyid Amir

Surname

• Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran (1979)
• Rudi Bakhtiar, Iranian-American newswoman
• Teymur Bakhtiar, Iranian general and head of Savak
• Laleh Bakhtiar
• Ali Asghar Bakhtiar, Famous Iranian Architect and Archaeologist
• Dr. Cuross Bakhtiar, Scientist and Cosmetic Formulator
• Lailee Bakhtiar, author and critic