Nihat
Nihat is a Turkish , Azerbaijani , Bosnian and Albanian male given name of Persian origin meaning "temperament", "character".
Name bearer
- Nihat Akbay (1945-2020), Turkish football player
- Nihat Behram (* 1946), Kurdish-Turkish journalist and writer
- Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972), Turkish football player
- Nihat Ergün (* 1962), Turkish politician
- Nihat Erim (1912–1980), Turkish Prime Minister
- Nihat Kahveci (* 1979), Turkish soccer player
- Nihat Özdal (* 1984), Turkish educator and poet
- Nihat Şahin (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Nihat Tosun (* 1959), Turkish health politician
- Nihat Yusufoğlu (1974–1990), Kurdish victim of right-wing extremist violence in Germany
- Nihat Zeybekci (* 1961), Turkish entrepreneur and politician