Given name & surname · also Turkish
Şükrü
“thankful”
Şükrü is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “thankful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “thankful.”
Where it comes from
Şükrü comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish شكری (Şükrî), from Arabic شُكْرِيّ; its root is Arabic ش ك ر.
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Şükrü’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Şükrü
- Şükrü Saracoğlu5th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1887–1953)
- Şükrü ErsoyTurkish association football player (1931–2026)
- Şükrü ÖzyıldızTurkish actor (born 1988)
- Şükrü KayaTurkish statesperson (1883–1959)
- Şükrü GülesinTurkish association football player (1922–1977)
- Şükrü Sina GürelTurkish diplomat and statesperson (born 1950)
- Şükrü Naili GökberkTurkish general and statesperson (1876–1936)
- Şükrü ElekdağTurkish academic and statesperson (born 1924)
- Şükrü BirandTurkish association football player (1944–2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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