Fırat
Fırat is a Turkish male given name of Arabic origin and the Turkish name for the Euphrates River . The first name also appears as a family name . The Kurdish form of the name is Firat , but outside of the Turkish-speaking area this occurs occasionally as a family name even among people who are not of Kurdish origin.
Name bearer
First name
- Fırat Anlı (* 1971), Turkish-Kurdish politician
- Fırat Arslan (* 1970), German boxer of Turkish origin
- Fırat Aydınus (* 1973), Turkish football referee
- Fırat Binici (* 1985), Turkish wrestler
- Fırat Demir (* 1990), Turkish football player
- Yusuf Fırat Kaplan (* 1998), Turkish football player
- Fırat Kocaoğlu (* 1988), Turkish football player
- Fırat Pozan (* 1989), Turkish Taekwondoin
- Fırat Yükselir (* 1981), Turkish composer, pianist and conductor
family name
- Abdülmelik Fırat (1934–2009), Kurdish-Turkish politician
- Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943–2019), Kurdish-Turkish politician
- Duygu Fırat (* 1990), Turkish national basketball player
- Engin Fırat (* 1970), German-Turkish soccer coach
- Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014), Turkish composer, painter and poet
- Hande Fırat (* 1974), Turkish journalist
- Hilmi Fırat (1919–1990), Turkish admiral and politician
- Osman Fırat (* 1984), Turkish football player
- Serkan Firat (* 1994), German-Turkish soccer player
Others
- Fırat Üniversitesi , University in the Turkish city of Elazığ