All over the world, Elchat (Елшат 
, Ельшат , Элшат ) is a rare dominantly male, but seldom female first name. The forename Elchat is characteristic of Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare epicene name. Also, Elchat is the last name as well as the forename.