Altamash
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-tah-MASH
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Altamash is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “holder of the realm”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Altamash mean?
Turkish: South Asian form of Iltutmish, a Turkic name
“holder of the realm”
The South Asian form of Iltutmish, the 13th-century Sultan of Delhi who completed the Qutb Minar.
Is Altamash a girl's or a boy's name?
Altamash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Altamash in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Altamash, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Altamash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
Names like Altamash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Abdallah, Aziah, Ahmed, Abubakr, Abdulrahman, Asaiah, Mustafa, Abdur, Abdul-Ahad, Ibrahim
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Altamash: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/altamash, updated 20 October 2026.