Oral (name)

Oral is a unisex given name with different origins. In Turkey, it is a masculine name ^[1] referring to those who would conquer a city or a fortress. ^[2] It is also used as a surname.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Male

• Oral Çalışlar (born 1946), Turkish journalist and writer
• Oral Hildebrand (1907–1977), American baseball player
• Oral Jacobs (1911-1995), American politician
• Oral Ogilvie (born 1969), Canadian athlete
• Oral Roberts (1918–2009), American televangelist
• Oral Selkridge (born 1962), Antigua and Barbuda athlete
• Oral Suer, American businessman
• Oral Swigart (1897–1973), American naval office
• Oral P. Tuttle (1889–1957), American lawyer and politician

Female

• Oral Ataniyazova, Uzbek medical scientist

Surname

• Hüdai Oral (1925–2005), Turkish lawyer and politician
• Mahir Oral (born 1980), German boxer
• Nazmiye Oral (born 1969), Dutch actress and writer
• Orel Oral (born 1979), Turkish swimmer
• Sümer Oral (born 1938), Turkish economist and politician
• Tomáš Oral (born 1977), Czech chess player
• Zeynep Oral (born 1946), Turkish journalist

References

1. Zaure Jangabilova; Elmira Hamitova (2013). "Türk Ve Kazak Dillerinde Fiil Kökenli Antroponimlerin Leksikal-Semantik Özelliği". Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (in Turkish). 1 (34). Translated by Gülmira Ospanova: 55.
2. "Oral İsminin Anlamı Nedir?". Sabah (in Turkish). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2023.