Iftikhar

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Iftikhar is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name8.0K records spelled Iftikhar5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Iftik̲h̲ār, Iftikhār, Iftikhár, Iftikhâr

• Spanish given name5.2K records spelled Iftikhar5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Pakistan

  Languages: Spanish, French, Catalan

  Also written Iftíkhàr

• Pashto given name583 records spelled Iftikhar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Pakistan, India, United States

  Also written Iftik̲h̲ār, Iftikhār

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Iftikhar is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, honour, grace, glory, pride, repute

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, 3! (iftikhaar) (a3): pride

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, pride

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 73 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Iftikhar Khanb. 1907PKPakistani general
• Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhryb. 1948PKPakistani judge
• Iftikhar KhanINIndian politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 163 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Iftikhar?

We estimate roughly 870 people bear Iftikhar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Iftikhar have the most bearers?

Iftikhar is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled iftikhar.

How common is Iftikhar compared with other names?

In Pakistan, Iftikhar is the 63rd most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.

Is Iftikhar a male or female name?

Iftikhar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Iftikhar mean?

Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِخار (iftiḵār, “haughtiness, loftiness”), a popular surname in Pakistan.