Attar (name)

Attar (Arabic: عطار, ʿAṭṭār), or Al-Attar, is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origins, that refers to the occupations apothecary, pharmacist, spice dealer, or perfumer.

There is an exaggerated form related to this name, Atir or Ater (Arabic: عاطِر, romanized: 'āṭir), meaning "perfumed, sweet-smelling, aromatic, fragrant", which is used rarely. Both of these names are derived from the Arabic noun for perfume or fragrance, attar (or ittar).

People with the given name Attar

• Attar Chand Basha, Indian politician
• Attar of Nishapur (c.1142–c.1220), Persian Sufi poet
• Attar Singh, Fijian trade unionist of Indian descent
• Attar Singh Saini, Indian cinematographer

People with the surname Attar

Notable people with the name include:

• Abbas Attar (1944–2018), Iranian photographer and photojournalist known by the mononym Abbas
• Abolfazl Attar (born 1968), Iranian film director
• Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar (1916–1991), Saudi Arabian writer and journalist
• Ali Attar (born 1980), Lebanese footballer
• Asil Attar, Iraqi businesswoman
• Audie Attar (born 1980) is an Iraqi-American sports manager
• Bachir Attar (born 1964), leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka
• Chaim Ben Attar, 18th century Moroccan rabbi
• Chaim ibn Attar (c. 1696–1743), Moroccan rabbi
• Dalya Attar (born 1990), American politician
• Jay Attar, American real estate developer
• Lior Attar, Australian singer-songwriter
• Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950), Muslim scholar and spiritual leader
• Nelly Attar (born 1990), Lebanese mountaineer, of Saudi heritage
• Sarah Attar (born 1992), American track and field athlete, of Saudi heritage
• Sayyid Alauddin Attar, Sufi saint and shaykh
• Sibille Attar (born 1981), Swedish singer songwriter
• Zayn-e-Attar (c. 1329–1403), Persian physician

People with the surname Al-Attar

• Abdullah Al-Attar (born 1992), Jordanian footballer
• Hasan al-Attar (1766–1835), Egyptian scholar
• Issam al-Attar (1927–2024), Syrian dissident politician and Islamic preacher
• Layla Al-Attar (1944–1993), Iraqi artist and painter
• Majdi Al-Attar (born 1995), Jordanian footballer
• Mohammad Al Attar (born 1980), Syrian playwright
• Muhammad Said al-Attar (1927–2005), Yemeni politician and diplomat
• Najah al-Attar (born 1933), Syrian politician
• Qahtan al-Attar (born 1950, né Qahtan Salih Mahdi al-Kinani), Iraqi singer, songwriter
• Samar al-'Aṭṭār (born 1945), Syrian writer
• Suad al-Attar (born 1942), Iraqi painter

See also

• All pages with titles containing Attar
• Attar (disambiguation)
• Atar (disambiguation)