100%RatingSave Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Swahili Meaning & History Means "luck, good fortune" in Swahili, ultimately from Persian بخت (bakht). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootbakhtOther Languages & CulturesBakhtiyar, Bəxtiyar(Azerbaijani) Bachtiar(Indonesian) Bakhtiyar(Kazakh) Bakhtiar(Persian) Bakhtiyor(Tajik) Bahtiyar(Turkish) Bakhtiar(Urdu) Baxtiyor(Uzbek) Categories fortune, luck