Vakhtang typed in standard Georgian font

Vakhtang ( ka, ვახტანგ) is a masculine

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in Georgian language. The name derives from an ancient

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expression, "vahrka-tanū," meaning of which translates into "wolf-bodied." Some sources argue that the meaning of the name could possibly be a representation of wolf cult, widely practiced in ancient Georgia. Shorter version of the name Vakho ( ka, ვახო) is an etymologically related variant of "Vakhtang," also commonly used in modern Georgian language.

Notable people

Royalty

Vakhtang I of Iberia Vakhtang I Gorgasali ( ka, ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, tr; or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter o ...

, Georgian king * Vakhtang II of Georgia, Georgian king * Vakhtang III of Georgia, Georgian king *

Vakhtang IV of Georgia Vakhtang IV ( Georgian: ვახტანგ IV) (c. 1413 – December 1446), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a King of Georgia who reigned from 1433 to his death, associated to the throne of his father Alexander I from 1433 to the latter's ab ...

, Georgian king *

Vakhtang V of Kartli Vakhtang V ( ka, ვახტანგ V), born Bakhuta Mukhranbatoni ( ka, ბახუტა მუხრანბატონი) (1618 – September 1675), was the King of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1658 until his death, who ruled as a vas ...

, Georgian king *

Vakhtang VI of Kartli Vakhtang VI ( ka, ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan ( fa, حسین‌قلی خان, translit=Hoseyn-Qoli Xān) (September 15, 1675 – March 26, 1737), was a Georgian ...

, Georgian king * Vakhtang, son of David IV of Georgia, Georgian prince *

Vakhtang, Duke of Aragvi Vakhtang the Good ( ka, ვახტანგ კარგი) (1738 or 1742 – 1 February, 1756 or 1760) was a Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili'') of the Bagrationi dynasty. He was the first child and the eldest son of Heraclius II, then-pr ...

, also known as "Vakhtang the Good"

Actors, artists, and poets

* Vakhtang Kikabidze, Georgian actor *

Vakhtang Orbeliani Prince Vakhtang Orbeliani ( ka, ვახტანგ ორბელიანი) (April 5, 1812 – September 29, 1890) was a Georgia (country), Georgian Romanticist poet and soldier in the Imperial Russian service, of the noble House of Orbelian ...

, Georgian poet *

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (Russian: Вахта́нг Миха́йлович Чабукиа́ни, ka, ვახტანგ ჭაბუკიანი) (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreogra ...

, Georgian ballet dancer * Vakhtang Mchedelov, Russian director *

Vakhtang Murvanidze Vakhtang Murvanidze ( ka, ვახტანგ მურვანიძე; born 13 October 1979 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian former competitive figure skater. He is a multiple Georgian national champion and represented Georgia twice at the Olympic ...

, Georgian figure skater *

Vakhtang Jordania Vakhtang Jordania ( ka, ვახტანგ ჟორდანია; born 9 December 1943, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union – 4 October 2005, Broadway, Virginia, United States) was a Georgian conductor. Biography Born in the Soviet repu ...

, Georgian conductor *

Vakhtang Kakhidze Vakhtang (Vato) Kakhidze ( ka, ვახტანგ (ვატო) კახიძე; russian: Вахтанг Кахидзе; born 23 March 1959 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and conductor. He is the son of conductor Jansug Kakhidze. He ...

, Georgian composer and conductor

Athletes

Vakhtang Iagorashvili Vakhtang "Vaho" Iagorashvili (born April 5, 1964 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Soviet modern pentathlete, who has been a member of three different Olympic teams during his sporting career. Iagorashvili emerged as the top favorite to win the men's in ...

, Georgian-Soviet pentathlete *

Vakhtang Blagidze Vakhtang Blagidze ( ka, ვახტანგ ბლაგიძე ; born July 23, 1954) is a wrestler from Ozurgeti, Georgia. He was Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1980, competing for the Soviet Union. He won gold medal ...

, Georgian olympic gold medalist *

Vakhtang Pantskhava Vakhtang Pantskhava (born 8 October 1989 in Tskhaltubo) is a Georgian football player. He previously played for Győri ETO FC ETO FC Győr (''Egyetértés Torna Osztály Futball Club Győr''; ''Concordance Gymnastics Department Football Clu ...

, Georgian football player *

Vakhtang Khvadagiani Vakhtang Khvadagiani (born 4 April 1972) is a retired Georgian footballer. External links * 1972 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) ...

, Georgian football player *

Vakhtang Koridze Vakhtang Ionovich Koridze ( ka, ვახტანგ ქორიძე) (born 24 December 1949 in Batumi) is a retired Georgian and Soviet football player. He was an integral member of the FC Dinamo Tbilisi side that won the Soviet league cha ...

, Georgian football player

Military

* Vakhtang Kapanadze, Georgian brigadier general * Vakhtang "Loti" Kobalia, Georgian colonel

Other

Vakhtang Kolbaia Vakhtang Kolbaia ( ka, ვახტანგ ყოლბაია; born 9 September 1952) is a Georgian politician. From 2013 to 2019, he was chairman of the government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, which sits in exile in the Georgian ...

, Abkhaz politician *

Baktangios Baktangios ( el, Βακτάγγιος; died 743) was a Byzantine ''patrikios'' and one of the principal supporters of the usurping emperor Artabasdos (). Baktangios was probably of Georgian descent, his name being a Hellenized form of " Vakhtang" ...

, Byzantine dignitary * Vakhtang Lejava, academic {{disambiguation, hndis, given name Georgian masculine given names