Attar (Arabic: عطار‎‎, Ê¿Aá¹á¹Är) is both a given name and a surname with the original meaning of “perfumer†or “druggistâ€. Notable people with the name include: Abbas Attar (born 1944), Iranian photographer and photojournalist known by the mononym Abbas. Attar of Nishapur (c.1142–c.1220), Persian Sufi poet.