Given name · also Turkish
Ümit
“hope”
Ümit is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Classical Persian. It is used in Turkish.
Original Persianامید
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ümit goes back to Classical Persian امید (umēd, ummēd), meaning “hope.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ümit comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish امید (umid), from Classical Persian امید (umēd, ummēd, “hope”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ümit’s family of names
In Kazakh usage, Ümit is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Үміт. In Turkish usage, Ümit has a conventional equivalent in the Ottoman Turkish form امید.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ümit
- Ümit DavalaTurkish association football player (born 1973)
- Ümit ÖzatTurkish association football player and manager (born 1976)
- Ümit KorkmazTurkish-Austrian association football player (born 1985)
- Ümit ÖzdağTurkish statesperson and writer (born 1961)
- Ümit KaranTurkish association football player (born 1976)
- Ümit AkdağTurkish association football player (born 2003)
- Ümit DündarTurkish military officer and statesperson (born 1955)
- Ümit KurtTurkish association football player (born 1991)
- Ümit ÜnalTurkish film director and writer (born 1965)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Иман
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ঈমান
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ایمان
“faith”
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Үмітжан
“hope” · “soul”
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Umitt
“filled with hope”
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Umyt
“filled with hope”
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Umytt
“filled with hope”
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