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Across the world, Altar (Alta , Altar , الطار ) is a common mostly female, but seldom masculine forename. The forename Altar is habitual in Namibia, where it is quite a rare girly name, Israel, and South Africa. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, the United States, and South Africa. Much less frequently, Altar is the last name as well as the forename.
Altar is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Alta , the mythological character.