Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 617

Attar

Attar /atˈtaɾ/

“perfume and spice seller”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
A
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Attar?

Attar

IPA /atˈtaɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Attar mean?

Attar is a seller of perfumes, spices and roots; the colloquial form is aktar. The word comes from Arabic ʿaṭṭār, an occupational noun formed from ʿiṭr ‘perfume, attar’. The Sufi poet Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur is known by the same word.1

Attar is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Attar made of?

Attar is a single Arabic root: attar (attar: perfume and spice seller).

Attar root attar attar: perfume and spiceseller ARABIC ʿaṭṭār “seller of perfume, spicedealer” Attar attar root attar: perfume and spice seller ʿaṭṭār ARABIC “seller of perfume, spice dealer”
Attar: parts and root words
  • ʿaṭṭār Arabic — seller of perfume, spice dealer1

How was the name Attar formed?

Attar is the word attar (“attar: perfume and spice seller”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Attar?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Atar same root – –

How else is Attar spelled?

Aktarspelling

Who are some well-known people named Attar?

  1. Ahmad al-Attar poet 1713–1800

People surnamed Attar as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: attar accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Attar accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Attar

Q1

What does the surname Attar mean?

Attar is a seller of perfumes, spices and roots; the colloquial form is aktar. The word comes from Arabic ʿaṭṭār, an occupational noun formed from ʿiṭr ‘perfume, attar’. The Sufi poet Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur is known by the same word.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Attar?

The root word of Attar is ʿaṭṭār (Arabic): “seller of perfume, spice dealer”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Attar?

At·tar, 2 syllables; IPA: /atˈtaɾ/.