Ataç
Ataç is a Turkish surname and a masculine given name. Its meaning is given as "a child who shows greatness" in Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk. According to the Dictionary of Personal Names in Turkish it refers to "ancestral or pertaining to ancestors."
Notable people with the name are as follows:
Surname
- Hasan Fehmi Ataç, Turkish politician
- Metin Ataç, Turkish navy officer
- Muzaffer Ataç, known as Muzaffer Atac, Turkish-American physicist
- Nurullah Ataç, Turkish writer
- Sezgin Ataç, Turkish long-distance runner
- Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official
Given name
- Ataç İmamoğlu, Turkish-Swiss physicist