Altan

For other uses, see Altan (disambiguation).

Altan
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	1. Turkic 2. Mongolian
Meaning	1. "dawn" 2. "golden"

Altan is a common masculine Turkish given name used also as surnamea and a Mongolian given name. Altan means golden in Mongolian and dawn in Turkic.

Given name

• Altan Aksoy, a Turkish football player
• Altan Erkekli, a Turkish theatre and film actor
• Altan Erol, a Turkish professional basketball player
• Altan Debter, an early, now lost history of the Mongols
• Altan Khan, a Mongol ruler (1507-1582)
• Altan Khan of the Khotgoid, a succession of rulers of north-western Mongolia in the 17th century
• Altan Öymen, a Turkish journalist, author and former politician
• Altan Telgey, a Mongol earth goddess
• Altan Tobchi, a 17th century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush Luvsandanzan
• Altan Urag, a Mongolian folk rock band

Surname

• Ahmet Altan, a Turkish journalist and author
• Çetin Altan, a Turkish writer, journalist, and former member of parliament
• Francesco Tullio Altan, Italian satire and comic book author
• Kaan Altan, a founding member of the Turkish rock band Mavi Sakal