Vakhtang ( ka, ვახტანგ) is a masculine
Georgian given name
A Georgian name ( ka, ქართული გვარ-სახელი, tr) consists of a given name and a surname used by ethnic Georgians.
Given names
According to the Public Service Hall the most common Georgian names are: of
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
origin. Originally from "vahrka-tanū," meaning "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
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Vakhtang I, Georgian king
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Vakhtang II, Georgian king
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Vakhtang III, Georgian king
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Vakhtang IV, Georgian king
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Vakhtang V
Vakhtang V ( ka, ვახტანგ V), born Bakhuta Mukhranbatoni ( ka, ბახუტა მუხრანბატონი) (1618 – September 1675), was List of monarchs of Georgia, king (''mepe'') of Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762), Kart ...
, Georgian king
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Vakhtang VI, Georgian king
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Vakhtang, son of David IV of Georgia
Vakhtang ( ka, ვახტანგი) or Tsuata ( ka, ცუატა) (c. 1118 – 1138) was a Georgia (country), Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili'') of the Bagrationi dynasty. He was the son of King David IV of Georgia, David IV the Build ...
, Georgian prince
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Vakhtang, Duke of Aragvi, also known as "Vakhtang the Good"
Arts
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Vakhtang Kikabidze, Georgian actor
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Vakhtang Orbeliani, Georgian poet
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Vakhtang Chabukiani, Georgian ballet dancer
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Vakhtang Machavariani, Georgian conductor and composer
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Vakhtang Mchedelov, Russian director
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Vakhtang Murvanidze, Georgian figure skater
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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 Georgian SSR ...
, Georgian conductor
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Vakhtang Kakhidze, Georgian composer and conductor
Sports
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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 wrestler
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Vakhtang Chanturishvili
Vakhtang Chanturishvili ( ka, ვახტანგ ჭანტურიშვილი; born 5 August 1993) is a Georgian footballer who plays for Jablonec as a left winger.
Club career
Chanturishvili started his career in Norchi Dinamoeli. ...
, Georgian footballer
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Vakhtang Iagorashvili, Georgian-Soviet pentathlete
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Vakhtang Pantskhava, Georgian footballer
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Vakhtang Khvadagiani, Georgian footballer
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Vakhtang Koridze, Georgian footballer
Other
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Vakhtang Kolbaia, Abkhaz politician
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Baktangios
Baktangios (; 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". According to Christian ...
, Byzantine dignitary
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Vakhtang Kapanadze, Georgian brigadier general
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Vakhtang "Loti" Kobalia, Georgian colonel
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Vakhtang Lejava, Georgian politician and academic
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Georgian masculine given names
Masculine given names