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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from the Persian personal name Akhtar ‘star’, ‘good luck’. Akhtar is used in combination with other words, for example Akhtar-ud-Dīn ‘star of religion (i.e. Islam)’. The name is found in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as well as Iran.

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