Worldwide, Autar (Autar 
) is quite a common principally male, but very infrequently female first name. The given name Autar is habitual in Qatar, where it is a rare male name, India, where it is a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely female name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia. More frequently, Autar is the last name as well as the forename.