Vakhtang ( ka, ვახტანგ) is a masculine

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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

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

, Georgian king *

Vakhtang II Vakhtang II ( ka, ვახტანგ II; died 1292), of the dynasty of Bagrationi, was king (''mepe'') of Georgia from 1289 to 1292. Early life A son of the Western Georgian ruler, king David VI Narin, by his first wife Tamar, daughter of Pr ...

, Georgian king * Vakhtang III, Georgian king *

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

, Georgian king *

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 *

Vakhtang VI Vakhtang VI ( ka, ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan (; 15 September 1675 – 26 March 1737), was a Georgian monarch (''mepe'') of the royal Bagrationi dynasty. He ru ...

, Georgian king *

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 * Vakhtang, Duke of Aragvi, also known as "Vakhtang the Good"

Arts

* Vakhtang Kikabidze, Georgian actor * Vakhtang Orbeliani, Georgian poet *

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (March 12, 1910April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He is considered to be one of the most influential male ballet dancers of the 20th century, and is noted for crea ...

, Georgian ballet dancer * Vakhtang Machavariani, Georgian conductor and composer * 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 Georgian SSR ...

, Georgian conductor * Vakhtang Kakhidze, Georgian composer and conductor

Sports

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 *

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 *

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 Pantskhava Vakhtang Pantskhava (born 8 October 1989) 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 Club of Győr'') ...

, Georgian footballer *

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 (cou ...

, Georgian footballer *

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 cham ...

, Georgian footballer

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 (; 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 *

Vakhtang Kapanadze Vakhtang Kapanadze ( ka, ვახტანგ კაპანაძე) (born 17 August 1960) is a Georgia (country), Georgian major general who was Chief of General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces, Chief of General Staff of the Georgian Armed Fo ...

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

Vakhtang Lejava Vakhtang (Vato) Lejava ( ka, ვახტანგ ლეჟავა) is a reform-minded Georgian, the Rector of the Free University of Tbilisi and the Agricultural University of Georgia and chief adviser to the prime minister of Georgia in ...

, Georgian politician and academic

References

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