Altan is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “golden.” In 2024 it was given to 13 boys in the United States.
Altan at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
“golden”
Pronunciation
/alˈtaːn/
About the name Altan
Altan belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “golden” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Altan first appears in Social Security records in 2009. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #6061 in 2016, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 133 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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