Emel

Emel is a Turkish female given name of Arabic origin (أَمَل, DMG āmal ) with the meaning “wish”, “hope”, “goal”, which occasionally occurs as a family name .

Name bearer

First name

• Emel (singer) (* 1974), Swiss soul singer with Turkish roots
• Emel Aydoğdu (* 1990), Turkish-Kurdish theater director in Germany
• Emel Heinreich (* 1962), Austrian-Turkish director and author
• Emel Mathlouthi (* 1982), Tunisian singer and songwriter
• Emel Etem Toschkowa (* 1958), Bulgarian-Turkish politician
• Emel Zeynelabidin (* 1960), German-Turkish women's rights activist

family name

• Alexander Emel (1897-1936), German politician (KPD)
• Muhammed Emel (* 1995), Turkish soccer player

Further occurrence

• Altyn Emel National Park , National Park in Kazakhstan
• Emel (magazine) , British lifestyle magazine for Muslims in England
• Emel was the pseudonym under which Abraham Gumbel published.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emel. In: vornames-weltweit.de, accessed on August 12, 2019 (with incorrect indication of origin).
2. ↑ Emel (Turkish, accessed on August 12, 2019) in the name dictionary of the Turkish language.