Altair \a-ltair, al-tair\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Altair), is a variant of Altaira (Arabic), and the meaning of Altair is "bird".

The baby name Altair sounds like Aldara, Aldora and Aludra. Other similar baby names are Alair, Adair, Allaire, Alastair, Alta and Alvar.