Ata
Origin
Pronunciation	Arabic pronunciation: [ʕatˤaː] Persian pronunciation: [ʔætɒː] Turkish pronunciation: [ˈata] Hebrew pronunciation: [ʕata]
Gender	Male
Word/name	Old Turkic, Arabic, Hebrew, Fante
Meaning	forefather in Turkic; Gift in Arabic; one of the twins in Fante;
Region of origin	Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor; Middle East; Western Africa. In Ogba language West Africa, Nigeria, it means, "Child."
Other names
Alternative spelling	‘Aṭā, `Ata, 'Ata, Atta, & Ataa in Arabic; Ataa in Fante
Derived	from Old Turkic ata, "father", possibly from proposed Proto-Altaic ĕ́t`e, "elder relative"; From Arabic atiyah*, "gift";
Related names	Atiyah, Ataullah, and Ata-ur-Rahman in Arabic; Agata, Aminata, and Barbata in Fante; Atahan, Atakan, Atagün in Turkish

Ata is the anglicized form of several names in several languages around the world.

In Turkish, Ata is a masculine given name meaning "Forefather".
In Hebrew, Ata (אתה) means "you".
In Ogba, Ata means “child”.
In Arabic, ‘Aṭā (عطا) is a name meaning "Gift".^[1]^[2] It also appears in Persian (عطا).
In Fante, Ata means "one of twins".

Ata, Atta, or Ataa may refer more specifically to:

First element of compound name

Ataullah, Arabic, meaning gift of God
Ata-ur-Rahman, Arabic, meaning gift of the Most Merciful

Given name

Turkish

Ata Bozaci (born 1974), Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and artist of Turkish descent
Ata Demirer (born 1972), Turkish stand-up comedian and actor

Hungarian

Ata Kandó (1913–2017), Hungarian photographer

Arabic

Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226–1283), Iranian historian
Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951), Ottoman-Arab civil servant
Ata Abu Rashta (born 1943), Islamic jurist, scholar and writer
Ata Nahai (born 1960), Kurdish Iranian novelist
Atta Muhammad Nur (born 1965), Afghan governor
Ata Yamrali (born 1982), German-Afghan footballer
Ataa Jaber (born 1993), Palestinian footballer

Fante

Ataa Oko (1919–2012), Ghanaian sculptor and artist

Surname

Turkish

Üsküplü Ata (died after 1533), Ottoman poet
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), Turkish military leader and statesman, founder of Turkiye. Atatürk was an honorary name.
Ayla Akat Ata (born 1976), Turkish politician of Kurdish descent

Arabic

Wasil ibn Ata (700–748), Islamic scholar
Rahil Ata (1826–1894), Lebanese teacher and translator
Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta (born 1954), American-Arab militant
Shahla Ata (1959–2015), Afghan politician and congresswoman
Mohamed Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist, ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks
Walid Atta (born 1986), Swedish footballer

Common name

Ata is the commonly-abbreviated name for the Atacama skeleton, the six-inch long remains of a human with major genetic abnormalities that was discovered in 2003

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