Attar: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Attar – Meaning: perfumer or apothecary – Origin: Arabic – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: uh-TAR


Attar is an Arabic boy's name meaning “perfumer or apothecary”. It appears in our list of 175+ Persian Baby Boy Names With Royal and Poetic Heritage.

Meaning & Origin of Attar

Meaning: Perfumer or apothecary.

Origin: Arabic.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Attar

Phonetic: uh-TAR   IPA: /əˈtɑːr/

Popularity of Attar

Attar doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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