Ata is the

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form of several names in several languages around the world. * In Turkish, Ata is a

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meaning " Forefather". * In

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

, Ata () means "you". * In Ogba, Ata means “child”. * In

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, () is a name meaning "

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". It also appears in Persian (). * In Fante, Ata means "one of twins". Ata, Atta, or Ataa may refer more specifically to:

First element of compound name

Ataullah Ataullah ( or ) or the alternative Atallah is an Arabic given name meaning "gift of God", composed of '' Ata'' (''gift'') + ''Allah'' (''God''). It is also a surname to Middle Eastern Christians. The Iranian variant of the same name is ''Ataollah' ...

, Arabic, meaning ''gift of God'' * Ata-ur-Rahman, Arabic, meaning ''gift of the Most Merciful''

Given name

Turkish

Ata Bozaci Ata Bozaci (born March 3, 1974, in Burgdorf, Switzerland, Burgdorf) is a Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and artist. His work encompasses drawing, painting, digital graphics, large-scale wallpainting and modular sculpture. From 1990 to 2012 hi ...

(born 1974), Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and artist of Turkish descent *

Ata Demirer Ali Ata Demirer (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish filmmaker, stand-up comedian, actor, and musician. He is known for his live comedy sketches "Korsan TV" as well as for writing and starring in a string of Turkish box-office hits including '' E ...

(born 1972), Turkish stand-up comedian and actor

Hungarian

Ata Kandó Ata Kandó (born Etelka Görög; 17 September 1913 – 14 September 2017) was a Hungarian-born Dutch photographer. Beginning her photography practice in the 1930s with children's photography, Kandó later worked as a fashion photographer, photo ...

(1913–2017), Hungarian photographer

Arabic

Ata-Malik Juvayni Ata-Malik Juvayni ; 1226 – 5 March 1283) was a bureaucrat and historian from the Juvayni family who served under the Mongol Empire. He is known for composing the ''Tarikh-i Jahangushay'' ("History of the World Conqueror"), an important account ...

(1226–1283), Iranian historian *

Ata al-Ayyubi Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (; 25 March 1877 – 21 December 1951) was an Ottoman civil servant who served as president and prime minister of Syria. Born to a prominent political family of Al-Ayoubi in Damascus, Syria, he studied public administration ...

(1877–1951), Ottoman-Arab civil servant *

Ata Abu Rashta Ata Bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah (; born 1943) is a Palestinian Islamic jurist, scholar and writer. He is the global leader of the Islamic fundamentalist political party Hizb ut-Tahrir. He came to prominence in Jordan during the Gulf War and was a c ...

(born 1943), Islamic jurist, scholar and writer *

Ata Nahai Ata Nahai is a Kurdish-Iranian novelist and short story writer who writes in Sorani Kurdish. He was born in Baneh in 1960. He was graduated from high school in 1978, receiving a diploma of literature. As to the revolutionary atmosphere of Iran i ...

(born 1960), Kurdish Iranian novelist *

Atta Muhammad Nur Attā Muhammad Nur (also spelled Atā Mohammed Noor; ; born 1964) is an Afghanistan, Afghan exiled politician and former mujahideen leader who served as the List of governors of Balkh, Governor of Balkh Province in Afghanistan from 2004 to Janua ...

(born 1965), Afghan governor *

Ata Yamrali Ata Yamrali (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for the Afghanistan national team, scoring 3 goals. Early life Yamrali was born in Kabul ...

(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 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

(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 Wāṣil ibn ʿAtāʾ (699–748) (), also known as al-Ghazzal, was a Muslim theologian and jurist. He is considered to be the founder of the Mu'tazilism, Mu'tazilite school of Kalam. Born in 699 in the Arabian Peninsula, he initially studied un ...

(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 Mohamed Atta (1 September 196811 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism, pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the Aircraft hijacking, hijacker-pi ...

(1968–2001), Egyptian terrorist, ringleader of the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

, hijacker-pilot of

American Airlines Flight 11 American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic Airline, passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijacked airliner was deliberately crashed into ...

* 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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