Given name & surname · also Turkish
Şevket
Şevket is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Şevket comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish شوكت (şevket), from Arabic شَوْكَة; its root is Arabic ش و ك.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Şevket’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Şevket
- Shavkat MirziyoyevPresident of the Republic of Uzbekistanborn 1957
- Shovkat AlakbarovaAzerbaijani singer (1922–1993)
- Şevket ÇoruhTurkish actor (born 1973)
- Şevket PamukTurkish economic historian (born 1950)
- Şevket DağTurkish painter (1876–1944)
- Shevket Turgut PashaTurkish general (1857–1924)
- Şevket AltuğTurkish actor (born 1943)
- Şevket Süreyya AydemirTurkish statesperson and political theorist (1897–1976)
- Şevket KazanTurkish attorney and statesperson (1933–2020)
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