Baltacha
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Baltacha (Russian: Балтача) is a family name of Tatar origin, derived from the Turkic word baltacı, meaning "a person skilled with an axe", from balta: "axe", i.e., "woodcutter", "axe-maker", "carpenter", halberdier.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha (born 1958), the former USSR football player, Dynamo Kyiv
- Sergei Baltacha Jr. (born 1979), son of Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, football player
- Elena Baltacha (1983–2014), daughter of Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, tennis player
See also
References
- ^ Coat of the arms of the Baltasinsky District (in Russian)