Vakhtang ( ka, ვახტანგ) is a
masculine
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given name
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in
Georgian language
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. The name derives from an ancient
Persian
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expression, "vahrka-tanū," meaning of which translates into "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
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Vakhtang I of Iberia
Vakhtang I Gorgasali ( ka, ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, tr; or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter o ...
, Georgian king
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Vakhtang II of Georgia
Vakhtang II (died 1292), of the dynasty of Bagrationi, was king of Georgia (country), Georgia from 1289 to 1292. He reigned during the Mongol empire, Mongol Mongol invasions of Georgia, dominance of Georgia.
A son of the Kingdom of Imereti, west ...
, Georgian king
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Vakhtang III of Georgia, Georgian king
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Vakhtang IV of Georgia
Vakhtang IV ( Georgian: ვახტანგ IV) (c. 1413 – December 1446), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a King of Georgia who reigned from 1433 to his death, associated to the throne of his father Alexander I from 1433 to the latter's ab ...
, Georgian king
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Vakhtang V of Kartli
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
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Vakhtang VI of Kartli
Vakhtang VI ( ka, ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan ( fa, حسینقلی خان, translit=Hoseyn-Qoli Xān) (September 15, 1675 – March 26, 1737), was a Georgian m ...
, Georgian king
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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
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Vakhtang, Duke of Aragvi Vakhtang the Good ( ka, ვახტანგ კარგი) (1738 or 1742 – 1 February, 1756 or 1760) was a Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili'') of the Bagrationi dynasty. He was the first child and the eldest son of Heraclius II, then-pr ...
, also known as "Vakhtang the Good"
Actors, artists, and poets
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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
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Vakhtang Orbeliani
Prince Vakhtang Orbeliani ( ka, ვახტანგ ორბელიანი) (April 5, 1812 – September 29, 1890) was a Georgian Romanticist poet and soldier in the Imperial Russian service, of the noble House of Orbeliani.
Vakhtang Orbeli ...
, Georgian poet
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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
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Vakhtang Mchedelov, Russian director
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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
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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
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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 ...
, Georgian composer and conductor
Athletes
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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
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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
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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 Clu ...
, Georgian football player
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Vakhtang Khvadagiani
Vakhtang Khvadagiani (born 4 April 1972) is a retired Georgian footballer.
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
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, Georgian football player
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Vakhtang Koridze
Vakhtang Ionovich Koridze ( ka, ვახტანგ ქორიძე) (born 24 December 1949 in Batumi) is a retired Georgian and Soviet football player. He was an integral member of the FC Dinamo Tbilisi side that won the Soviet league cha ...
, Georgian football player
Military
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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
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Vakhtang "Loti" Kobalia, Georgian colonel
Other
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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 ...
, Abkhaz politician
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Baktangios
Baktangios ( el, Βακτάγγιος; died 743) was a Byzantine ''patrikios'' and one of the principal supporters of the usurping emperor Artabasdos ().
Baktangios was probably of Georgian descent, his name being a Hellenized form of " Vakhtang" ...
, Byzantine dignitary
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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 ...
, academic
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Georgian masculine given names