Bakhtiyār (meaning "lucky"), alternatively spelt as "Bakhtyar", "Baxtiyar", "Bachtiar", "Bachtyar" and "Bahtiyar", is a Persian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Bahtiyar Bahtiyar Aydın (1946-1993), Turkish general Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), Turkish-German football coach Bakhtiyar Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Ghurid general in India under Qutb-ud-din Aibak Bakhtiyar Kaki, a 13th-century Sufi Bakhtiyar Artayev, a Kazakh boxer Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, a Russian wrestler Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, an Azerbaijani poet Bakhtiyar Musayev, an Azerbaijani footballer Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Russian international lawyer Bakhtiyar Tyleganov, a Kazakh boxer Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov, a Kazakh footballer Baxtiyor Rahimov, an Uzbek Islamist militant Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev, an Uzbek football player Bakhtiyar ibn Abu-Ja'far, an 11th-century local ruler of Semnan (under Ziyarids) 'Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, a 10th-century Buyid Amir Bakhtiyar ibn Hasanuya, a 10th-century Hasanuyid Amir Bäxtiär Qanqayıv, an 18th-century Russian colonel (of Tatar origin) Bakhtiar Amin, Iraqi Kurdish politician Bachtiar Bachtiar Aly, Indonesian Ambassador for Egypt from 2002–2005 Bachtiar Chamsyah, Indonesian politician Bachtiar Effendi, Indonesian film actor and director Bachtyar Bachtyar Ali, Kurdish-Iraqi novelist and intellectual Surname Gulnazar, born Gülnezer Bextiyar, Chinese actress and model of Uyghur origin Lailee Bakhtiar, American author and critic Laleh Bakhtiar, Iranian-American author, translator and clinical psychologist Rudi Bakhtiar, Iranian-American newswoman Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran Teymur Bakhtiar, Iranian general and head of Savak Akmal Bakhtiyarov, a Kazakh footballer Persian masculine given names Persian-language surnames