Boy · Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Iftikhar
افتخارSay it if-ti-KHAAR
- Meaning today
- Pride, honour, glory
- Original meaning
- "glorying, taking pride in one's merits or ancestry" Lane, p. 2349
- Say it
- if-ti-KHAAR
- Written
- افتخار
- Other spellings
- Iftekhar, Iftakhar
Iftikhar
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Iftikhar meaning
Iftikhar (افتخار) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
Glorying, taking pride in one's merits or ancestry
Also used to mean: honour
Iftikhar (افتخار) is Arabic iftikhār, from the root f-kh-r, the same root as Fakhr and Fakhir. Lane's lexicon explains the root as boasting of or glorying in one's good qualities or the merits of one's forefathers, and gives the form iftakhara, from which iftikhār comes, in that same sense. In Urdu iftikhār is the everyday word for pride or honour, as in "a matter of pride", and name lists give "pride", "honour" or "glory", which matches. The name is used by Indian Muslim families.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 6 (1877), p. 2349 · entry iftakhara (اِفْتَخَرَ), root f-kh-r · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, iftakhara (root f-kh-r), Book I p. 2349
Famous namesakes
- Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi, who captained India at cricket
Spellings
Iftikhar · Iftekhar · Iftakhar