title: Avtandil
text: # Avtandil
  
  Avtandil (Georgian: ავთანდილ) is a Georgian masculine name of Persian origin meaning "the heart of the motherland". The name was used in the 12th-century Georgian poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli.
  
  It may refer to:
  
  * Avtandil (designer), Georgian fashion designer
  * Avtandil, a character in The Knight in the Panther's Skin, a medieval Georgian epic poem
  * Avtandil Beridze, Georgian politician
  * Avtandil Chkuaseli, Soviet footballer
  * Avtandil Demetrashvili, Georgian jurist and former member of the Constitutional Court
  * Avtandil Ebralidze, Georgian footballer
  * Avtandil Gartskia, politician in Abkhazia
  * Avtandil Gogoberidze, Georgian/Soviet footballer
  * Avtandil Gvianidze, Georgian footballer
  * Avtandil Jorbenadze, Georgian politician and former politician
  * Avtandil Kapanadze, Georgian/Soviet footballer
  * Avtandil Kopaliani, Georgian rugby player
  * Avtandil Koridze, Georgian wrestler
  * Avtandil Khurtsidze, Georgian boxer
  * Avtandil Makharadze, Georgian actor
  * Avtandil Silagadze, Georgian economist
  * Avtandil Tchrikishvili, Georgian judoka
  * Avtandil Tskitishvili, Georgian general
  * Avtandil Varsimashvili, Georgian film and theatre director
  