Attar (name)
Attar is both an Arabic given name and a surname that refers to the occupations apothecary, pharmacist, spice dealer, or perfumer.
There is an exaggerated form related to this name, Atir or Ater, meaning "perfumed, sweet-smelling, aromatic, fragrant", which is used rarely. Both of these names are derived from the Arabic noun for perfume or fragrance, attar.
Notable people with the name include:
- Abbas Attar, Iranian photographer and photojournalist known by the mononym Abbas
- Abolfazl Attar, Iranian film director
- Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist
- Ali Attar, Lebanese footballer
- Asil Attar, Iraqi businesswoman
- Attar Chand Basha, Indian politician
- Attar of Nishapur, Persian Sufi poet
- Attar Singh, Fijian trade unionist of Indian descent
- Attar Singh Saini, Indian cinematographer
- Audie Attar is an Iraqi-American sports manager
- Bachir Attar, leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka
- Chaim Ben Attar, 18th century Moroccan rabbi
- Chaim ibn Attar, Moroccan rabbi
- Dalya Attar, American politician
- Jay Attar, American real estate developer
- Lior Attar, Australian singer-songwriter
- Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri, Muslim scholar and spiritual leader
- Nelly Attar, Lebanese mountaineer
- Sarah Attar, Saudi-American track and field athlete
- Sayyid Alauddin Attar, Sufi saint and shaykh
- Sibille Attar, Swedish singer songwriter