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Altair - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Altair

[ syll. al-tai(r), alt-a-ir ] The boy name Altair is pronounced as AOLTEH-R KEY. Altair is primarily used in the English language and it is of Arabic origin. The name is of the meaning the flying eagle.

Altair is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Altair include the French names the name Alder and Eleuthère.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Altair: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"


 
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Meaning of Altair