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 of Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity), Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia (country), Georgia) ...

, Georgian king *

Vakhtang II Vakhtang II (died 1292), of the dynasty of Bagrationi, was king of Georgia from 1289 to 1292. He reigned during the Mongol dominance of Georgia. 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, Georgian king *

Vakhtang V Vakhtang V ( ka, ვახტანგ V), born Bakhuta Mukhranbatoni ( ka, ბახუტა მუხრანბატონი) (1618 – September 1675), was the King of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1658 until his death, who ruled as a vas ...

, Georgian king * Vakhtang VI, Georgian king *

Vakhtang, son of David IV of Georgia Vakhtang ( ka, ვახტანგი) or Tsuata ( ka, ცუატა) (c. 1118 – 1138) was the Georgia (country), Georgian Bagrationi prince and the son of King of Georgia, King David IV of Georgia, David IV "the Builder" (r. 1089–1125), pro ...

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

Actors, artists, and poets

Vakhtang Kikabidze Vakhtang Kikabidze ( ka, ვახტანგ კიკაბიძე; born on July 19, 1938), also known as Buba ( ka, ბუბა) is a Georgian (formerly Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and politician who has served i ...

, Georgian actor * Vakhtang Orbeliani, Georgian poet *

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (Russian: Вахта́нг Миха́йлович Чабукиа́ни, ka, ვახტანგ ჭაბუკიანი) (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreograp ...

, Georgian ballet dancer *

Vakhtang Mchedelov Vakhtang Levanovich Mchedelov (russian: Вахтанг Леванович Мчеделов, born Mchedlishvili, Мчедлишвили / ka, ვახტანგ მჭედლიშვილი; 6 August 1884 – 19 May 1924) was a Russian th ...

, 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 Soviet repub ...

, Georgian conductor *

Vakhtang Kakhidze Vakhtang (Vato) Kakhidze ( ka, ვახტანგ (ვატო) კახიძე; russian: Вахтанг Кахидзе; born 23 March 1959 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and conductor. He is the son of conductor Jansug Kakhidze. He g ...

, Georgian composer and conductor

Athletes

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 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 olympic gold medalist *

Vakhtang Pantskhava Vakhtang Pantskhava (born 8 October 1989 in Tskhaltubo) 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 ...

, Georgian football player *

Vakhtang Khvadagiani Vakhtang Khvadagiani (born 4 April 1972) is a retired Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kart ...

, Georgian football player * Vakhtang Koridze, Georgian football player

Military

Vakhtang Kapanadze Vakhtang Kapanadze ( ka, ვახტანგ კაპანაძე) (born 17 August 1960) is a Georgian major general who was Chief of General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces from 22 November 2013 to 22 November 2016. He held the same co ...

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

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 c ...

, Abkhaz politician * Baktangios, Byzantine dignitary *

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 ...

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