# Chagatai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chagatai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zagatai, Chagatay, Chaghatai, Chaghatay, Jagatai, Jagatay, Jaghatai, Jaghatay, Chighatay, Chighatoy |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Чагата́й (Čagatáj), from Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay), from Chagatai چغتای (čaġatay), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ (čaɣatay).

## In other languages

- Arabic: جَغَتَاي
- Chinese: 察合台
- French: Djaghataï, Tchaghataï, Chagatai
- German: Tshagatai
- Hindi: चग़ताई
- Hungarian: Csagatáj
- Indonesian: Chagatai
- Italian: Chagatai, Djagatai
- Korean: 차가타이
- Latin: Zagatai
- Norwegian: Tsjagadai
- Russian: Чагата́й, Джагата́й
- Spanish: Chagatai, Chagatay, Djagatai, Chagadai
- Swedish: Tjagatai, Djagatai
- Turkish: Çağatay
- Vietnamese: Sát Hợp Đài

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.