Ataç is a Turkish surname and a masculine given name. Its meaning is given as "a child who shows greatness" in Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk.[1] According to the Dictionary of Personal Names in Turkish it refers to "ancestral or pertaining to ancestors."[1]
Notable people with the name are as follows:
Surname
edit- Hasan Fehmi Ataç (1879–1961), Turkish politician
- Metin Ataç (born 1946), Turkish navy officer
- Muzaffer Ataç, known as Muzaffer Atac (1933–2010), Turkish-American physicist
- Nurullah Ataç (1898–1957), Turkish writer
- Sezgin Ataç (born 1998), Turkish long-distance runner
- Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official
Given name
edit- Ataç İmamoğlu (born 1964), Turkish-Swiss physicist
References
edit- ^ a b "Ataç ne demek?". sozce.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.