Adnan

Adnan ( Arabic عدنان, DMG ʿAdnān ) is a male given name .

meaning

Adnan is an old Arabic name that also occurs in Turkey , Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Albanian-speaking countries ( Albania , Kosovo ) and was in use before Islam. Adnan was a son of Ishmael and thus one of the grandsons of Abraham .

Name bearer

First name

• Adnan Adıvar (1882–1955), Turkish politician, writer, historian and physician
• Adnan Ahmed (* 1984), English-Pakistani soccer player
• Adnan Muhammad al-Arur (* 1948), Syrian Sunni religious scholar
• Adnan Aydın (* 1956), Turkish soccer player
• Adnan Badran (* 1935), politician and Prime Minister of Jordan
• Adnan Ćatić (* 1979), German professional boxer
• Adnan Çolak (* 1967), Turkish serial killer
• Adnan Čustović (* 1978), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• Adnan Erkan (* 1968), Turkish football goalkeeper
• Adnan Esen (* 1961), Turkish soccer player and coach
• Adnan Gabeljić (* 1992), Bosnian-Herzegovinian-American football player
• Adnan Güngör (* 1980), Turkish soccer player
• Adnan Gušo (* 1975), Bosnian football player
• Adnan Bin Haji Mohd Jafar , Brunei diplomat
• Adnan İlgin (* 1973), Turkish football player
• Adnan Januzaj (* 1995), Belgian football player
• Adnan Kahveci (1949–1993), Turkish politician
• Adnan Kashoggi (1935–2017), Saudi Arabian entrepreneur and arms dealer
• Adnan Kevrić (* 1970), German-Bosnian football player
• Adnan G. Köse (* 1966), German director and author
• Adnan Maral (* 1968), German-Turkish actor
• Adnan Masić (* 1975), Bosnian-Herzegovinian-German football player
• Adnan Menderes (1899–1961), Turkish politician
• Adnan Mravac (* 1982), Austrian football player
• Adnan Oktar (* 1956), Turkish author
• Adnan Patschatschi (1923–2019), Iraqi politician
• Adnan Qatipi (1925-2010), Albanian partisan
• Adnan Saygun (1907–1991), Turkish musician and composer
• Adnan Şenses (1935–2013), Turkish singer and actor
• Adnān Chairallāh Talfāh (1941–1989), Iraqi defense minister and brother-in-law of Saddam Hussein
• Adnan at-Talyani (* 1964), soccer player from the United Arab Emirates
• Adnan Terzić (* 1960), politician and Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Adnan Yücel (1953-2002), Turkish poet
• Adnan Zahirović (* 1990), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player

family name

• Ali Adnan (* 1993), Iraqi soccer player
• Etel Adnan (* 1925), Lebanese painter and writer
• Khadour Adnan (* 1971), Syrian boxer
• Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (* 1986), Malaysian squash player
• Yassin Adnan (* 1970), Moroccan journalist and author