Ata (name)


Ata (name)


Ata is the anglicized form of several names in several languages around the world.

  • In Turkish, Ata is a masculine given name meaning "Forefather".
  • In Hebrew, Ata (אתה) means "you".
  • In Ogba, Ata means “child”.
  • In Arabic, ‘Aṭā (عطا) is a name meaning "Gift". It also appears in Persian (عطا).
  • In Fante, Ata means "one of twins".

Ata, Atta, or Ataa may refer more specifically to:

First element of compound name

  • Ataullah, Arabic, meaning gift of God
  • Ata-ur-Rahman, Arabic, meaning gift of the Most Merciful

Given name

Turkish

  • Ata Bozaci (born 1974), Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and artist of Turkish descent
  • Ata Demirer (born 1972), Turkish stand-up comedian and actor

Hungarian

  • Ata Kandó (1913–2017), Hungarian photographer

Arabic

  • Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226–1283), Iranian historian
  • Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951), Ottoman-Arab civil servant
  • Ata Abu Rashta (born 1943), Islamic jurist, scholar and writer
  • Ata Nahai (born 1960), Kurdish Iranian novelist
  • Atta Muhammad Nur (born 1965), Afghan governor
  • Ata Yamrali (born 1982), German-Afghan footballer
  • Ataa Jaber (born 1993), Palestinian footballer

Fante

  • Ataa Oko (1919–2012), Ghanaian sculptor and artist

Surname

Turkish

  • Üsküplü Ata (died after 1533), Ottoman poet
  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), Turkish military leader and statesman, founder of Turkiye. Atatürk was an honorary name.
  • Ayla Akat Ata (born 1976), Turkish politician of Kurdish descent

Arabic

  • Wasil ibn Ata (700–748), Islamic scholar
  • Rahil Ata (1826–1894), Lebanese teacher and translator
  • Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta (born 1954), American-Arab militant
  • Shahla Ata (1959–2015), Afghan politician and congresswoman
  • Mohamed Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist, ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks
  • Walid Atta (born 1986), Swedish footballer

Common name

  • Ata is the commonly-abbreviated name for the Atacama skeleton, the six-inch long remains of a human with major genetic abnormalities that was discovered in 2003

References


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