Erdoğan
Erdoğan [ ˈɛrdɔːɑn ] is a male given name that is also used as a family name by the Turkic peoples , especially the Turks and Azerbaijanis .
Origin and meaning
The Turkish first name and surname Erdoğan means “brave, courageous, courageously born” or “born as a soldier (fighter)”, formed from the elements he (“man”; “soldier”) and doğan (“born”). Outside of the Turkish-speaking area, the non-Turkish form of the name Erdogan occurs occasionally .
Name bearer
First name
- Erdoğan Arıca (1954–2012), Turkish football player and coach
- Erdoğan Atalay (* 1966), German actor of Turkish origin
- Erdoğan Aydın (* 1957), Turkish journalist and historian
- Erdoğan Bayraktar (* 1948), Turkish politician
- Erdogan Bulut (* 1961), Turkish painter and sculptor
- Erdoğan Çelebi (* 1939), Turkish football player
- Erdoğan Coşkun (* 1983), Turkish ice hockey player
- Erdoğan Egemenoğlu (* 20th century), Turkish actor, speaker and director
- Erdoğan Emir (* 1982), Kurdish singer, songwriter
- Erdoğan Ercivan (* 1962), German writer of Turkish origin
- Erdoğan Gökçen (* 1934), Turkish football player
- Erdoğan Karayel (* 1956), Turkish cartoonist
- Dogan Erdogan Padar (* 1988), Turkish actor
- Erdoğan Teziç (1936–2017), Turkish legal scholar
- Erdoğan Yeşilyurt (* 1993), German soccer player of Turkish-Kurdish descent
family name
- Aslı Erdoğan (* 1967), Turkish writer
- Bilal Erdoğan (* 1981), Turkish entrepreneur
- Bünyamin Erdoğan (1989–2010), German-Turkish Islamist
- Can Erdoğan-Sus (* 1979), Turkish composer
- Doğan Erdoğan (* 1996), Turkish football player
- Emine Erdoğan (* 1955), Turkish wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Emrah Erdoğan (* 1988), German member of Islamist terrorist organizations
- Erhan Erdogan (* 1980), German actor
- Gökhan Erdoğan (* 1991), Turkish football player
- Haydar Erdoğan (* 1959), Turkish football player
- Kayacan Erdoğan (* 1988), Turkish football player
- Kazım Erdoğan (* 1953), Turkish psychologist and sociologist
- Mert Erdoğan (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Murat Erdoğan (* 1976), Turkish football player
- Ömer Erdoğan (* 1977), Turkish football player
- Okan Erdoğan (* 1998), German soccer player
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (* 1954), Turkish politician, President of Turkey
- Şamil Erdoğan (* 1998), Russian wrestler
- Şaziye Erdoğan (* 1992), Turkish weightlifter
- Umut Erdoğan (* 1982), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yiğitcan Erdoğan (* 1984), Turkish football player
- Yılmaz Erdoğan (* 1967), Turkish actor
- Yusuf Erdoğan (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
places
- Erdoğan (Bulancak) , village in Giresun Province in Bulanacak District in Turkey
- Erdoğan (Gürün) , village in the province of Sivas in the district of Gürün in Turkey
- Erdoğan (Hamur) , village of Ağrı Province in Hamur District in Turkey
- Erdoğan (Kestel) , part of the Kestel district in the Bursa province in Turkey
- Erdoğan (Varto) , village in the province of Muş in the district of Varto in Turkey