Bakhtawar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bukh-TAH-wur
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Bakhtawar is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “fortunate, lucky”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Bakhtawar mean?
Persian: Persian name also used in Urdu
“fortunate, lucky”
Persian name, also used in Urdu, built on bakht, fortune.
Is Bakhtawar a girl's or a boy's name?
Bakhtawar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bakhtawar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Bakhtawar, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Bakhtawar than any year since 2015.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Bakhtawar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
Names like Bakhtawar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Safiya, Hiba, Aaliyah, Zainab, Aafiyah, Ibadat, Hafsa
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Bakhtawar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bakhtawar, updated 20 October 2026.