Tarkan (first name)
Tarkan is a Turkish male given name .
Meaning and origin
Tarkan was a title or a military rank among various Central Asian peoples. The origin of the word is unclear. Mahmud al-Kāshgharī referred to it as a synonym for Emir in his dictionary of the Turkic languages from the 11th century . A variant of the name is Tarhan .
Name bearer
First name
- Tarkan Karaalioğlu ( MOK ; * 1976), German rapper of Turkish descent
- Tarkan Tüzmen (* 1968), Turkish singer and actor
stage name
- Tarkan ( Tarkan Tevetoğlu ; * 1972), Turkish pop musician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarkan on www.vornamen-weltweit.de
- ↑ PB Golden: Encyclopaedia of Islam, "Tarkhan"