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:
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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
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