Arslan
As a variant of Aslan, Arslan is a Turkish male given name and family name with the meaning "the lion ", which also occurs with the same meaning in Mongolian .
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- Arslan Mehmed-paša (1745–1812), Ottoman military and politician
First name
- Arslan Ekşi (* 1985), Turkish volleyball player
- Uğur Arslan Kuru (* 1989), Turkish football player
- Arslan Satubaldin (* 1984), Turkmen football goalkeeper
family name
- Adil Arslan (* 1962), Turkish musician
- Ahmet Arslan (politician) , Turkish politician (AKP)
- Ahmet Arslan (athlete) (* 1986), Turkish mountain runner
- Ahmet Arslan (soccer player) (* 1994), German soccer player
- Ali Arslan (* 1947), Turkish-German writer and teacher
- Alp Arslan (1029-1075), Sultan of the Seljuks
- Alparslan Arslan (* 1977), Turkish lawyer and assassin
- Amir Adil Arslan (1880–1954), Syrian politician
- Antonia Arslan (* 1938), Italian-Armenian writer
- Arda Arslan (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Atakan Arslan (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan , German Byzantine archaeologist
- Berkin Arslan (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- Bülent Arslan (* 1975), German politician (CDU)
- Cihat Arslan (* 1970), Turkish football player and coach
- Duygu Arslan (* 1991), Austrian actress
- Emir Emin Arslan (also: Amír Amín Arslan; 1868–1943), Ottoman politician, diplomat, writer and publisher
- Ensar Arslan (* 2001), German-Turkish soccer player
- Erhan Arslan (* 1956), Turkish football player and coach
- Ermanno A. Arslan (* 1940), Italian numismatist
- Ertuğrul Arslan (* 1980), Turkish football player
- Fırat Arslan (* 1970), German boxer
- Gökhan Arslan (* 1976), Turkish kickboxer
- Hakan Arslan (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
- Hakan Arslan (soccer player, 1989) (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Hamit Arslan (* 1894), Turkish football player and Ottoman officer
- İbrahim Koray Arslan (* 1986), Turkish football player
- İhsan Arslan (* 1948), Turkish politician
- Kamber Arslan (* 1980), Turkish football player
- Koray Arslan (* 1983), Turkish football player
- Korkmaz Arslan (* 1983), German-Turkish actor
- Majid Arslan (1908–1983), Lebanese national hero and politician
- Michele Arslan (1904–1988), Italian ear, nose and throat specialist
- Namosh E. Arslan (* 1981), German musician, singer, performance artist, actor and DJ
- Nurettin Arslan , Turkish Classical Archaeologist
- Ömer Arslan (* 1993), Turkish football player
- Sibel Arslan (* 1980), Swiss lawyer and politician (BastA)
- Talal Arslan (* 1965), Lebanese prince and politician
- Tamer Arslan (* 1986), German actor
- Thomas Arslan (* 1962), German-Turkish film director and screenwriter
- Tolgay Arslan (* 1990), German-Turkish soccer player
- Ufuk Arslan (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Ulvi Arslan (* 1950), German civil engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering; Professor at the TU Darmstadt
- Ümit Yasin Arslan (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
- Volkan Arslan (* 1978), Turkish football player
- Wart Arslan (1899–1968), Italian art historian
- Yasin Arslan (* 1978), Turkish weightlifter
- Yasin Görkem Arslan (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
- Yerwant Arslan (1865–1948), Italian ear, nose and throat doctor
- Yılmaz Arslan (* 1968), German filmmaker
- Yüksel Arslan (1933–2017), Turkish-French artist
- Yusuf Arslan (* 1990), Turkish painter
- Yusuf Yalçın Arslan (* 1998), Turkish football player
- Zeki Arslan (* 1949), German artist
- Zeynem Arslan (* 1985), social scientist, group trainer , project and event manager and author
Ruler's name
- Kılıç Arslan I (1079–1107), Seljuk Sultan of Rum
- Kılıç Arslan II († 1192), Seljuk Sultan of Rum
- Kılıç Arslan III. , Seljuk Sultan of Rum
- Kılıç Arslan IV. († ~ 1265), Seljuk Sultan of Rum
- Kılıç Arslan V , Prince
- Arslan Shah I (Kerman) , 1101–1142 Seljuk ruler of Kerman
- Arslan Shah (Ghaznaviden) (also called Malik Arslan ), 1116–1117 Sultan in Ghazna
- Arslan Shah (Hamadan) (also just called Arslan ), 1161–1176 Seldschuk Sultan of Western Persia
- Arslan Shah II (Kerman) , Seljuk ruler of Kerman between 1170 and 1177
- Arslan Shah I (Zengiden) , 1193–1211 ruler of Mosul and Aleppo
- Arslan Shah II (Zengiden) , ruler of Mosul and Aleppo from 1218–1219
See also
- Arslan Tash , archaeological site in Northern Syria