Baltacha

Baltacha (Балтача) is a family name of Tatar origin, derived from the Turkic word baltacı, meaning "a person skilled with an axe", from balta: "axe", i.e., "woodcutter" or "halberdier".

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha (born 1958), the former USSR football player, Dynamo Kyiv
 * Sergei Baltacha Jr. (born 1979), son of Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, football player
 * Elena Baltacha (1983–2014), daughter of Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, tennis player