 Kenan as depicted in Jacques de Charron's Histoire universelle (1630) | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Related names | Cainan |
Kenan is a male given name.
The name refers to the Abrahamic patriarch Kenan and the region of Canaan. In the Balkans, Kenan is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is also popular in Turkey.
Eldar is a masculine given name and surname of various origins.
Abd Allah, also spelled Abdullah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdallah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and Allāh. Although the first letter "a" in Allāh, as the first letter of the article al-, is usually unstressed in Arabic, it is usually stressed in the pronunciation of this name. The variants Abdollah and Abdullah represent the elision of this "a" following the "u" of the Classical Arabic nominative case. Abd Allah is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning servant of God. God's Follower is also a meaning of this name.
Dustin is a surname and masculine given name.
Mustafa is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Tariq is an Arabic word and given name.
Mehmed is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic Muhammad were completed with an e in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed, Mehmed and the name lost the central e over time. Final devoicing of d to t is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, Muhammed.
Farooq is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world.
Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. Traditionally a male name, it has been used increasingly for both boys and girls since the 1970s. It comes from the Irish surname Ryan, which in turn comes from the Old Irish name Rían. Popular modern sources typically suggest that the name means "champion" and "little king", but the original meaning is unknown. According to John Ryan, Professor of Early and Medieval History at University College Dublin, "Rian, like Niall, seems to be so ancient that its meaning was lost before records began."
Halil is a common Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian male given name. It is equivalent to the Arabic given name and surname Khalil or its variant Khaleel.
Adem corresponding to Adam, is a masculine given name common in Turkey, Bosnia and Albania.
Vlatko is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin.
Irvin is a male given name of Indo-European origin. In Old Gaelic, the meaning of the name is "freshwater" or "friend of the sea." It can also be used as a variant of Ervin, the Eastern European version of the German name Erwin, which means "friend of the army."
Şahin is a Turkish and Tatar name of Persian origin that means "hawk". Notable people with the name include:
Sinan is a name found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning spearhead. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name.
Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish, Albanian, Bosnian and Crimean Tatar, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name Anwar, which means "luminous". Notable people with the name include:
Halilović is a Bosniak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Şimşek is a Turkish surname meaning "lightning" and may refer to:
Nadeem/Nadim/Nadiem/Nedim is an Arabic masculine given name. It means "best friend of the drinker", "companion", "confidant", or "friend".
Pars is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: