Saatchi (Persian: ساعتچی; Arabicized form: ساعتجي; Turkish: saatçi) is a Turkish surname and word. The word "saatchi" (sā'ātchi), which means "watchmaker", originates from Ottoman Turkish (Modern Turkish: "saatçi"), derived from "saat" ("watch", from Arabic "ساعة") with the suffix "-çi". The Albanian surname Sahatçiu is also derived from the Turkish word "saatçi" as a result of the Ottoman rule in Albania.
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Surnames
Notable people with the name include:
Saatchi
Charles Saatchi (born 1943), founder and owner of the Saatchi Gallery in London
Doris Lockhart Saatchi (1937–2025), American art collector
Edward Saatchi (born 1985), British businessman
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi (born 1946), ex-chairman of the British Conservative Party
Nathan Saatchi (1907–2000), Iraqi-born British businessman
Sahatçiu
Besim Sahatçiu (1935–2005), Kosovo Albanian film director
Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born 1990), British singer
Saatçi
Ercan Saatçi (born 1968), Turkish musician and record producer
Nazan Saatci (born 1958), Turkish actress
Serdar Saatçı (born 2003), Turkish footballer