Given name & surname
Cihan
“world, universe”
Cihan is a masculine given name from Persian. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cihan goes back to a word meaning “world, universe.”
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Cihan’s family of names
Cihan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Җиһан. In Ottoman Turkish usage, Cihan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of جهان.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Cihan
- Jahan ShahThe third and greatest sultan of Qara Qoyunlu dynasty (1435–1467)1397–1467
- Cihan ÖzkaraTurkish-German association football player (born 1991)
- Cihan ÇanakTurkish-Belgian association football player (born 2005)
- Cihan AktasTurkish journalist (born 1960)
- Cihan HaspolatlıTurkish association football player (born 1980)
- Cihan ÜnalTurkish actor (born 1946)
- Cihan KaptanTurkish-German association football player (born 1989)
- Cihan CanTurkish association football player (born 1986)
- Kurd MaverickGerman disc jockey (DJ) and record producerborn 1978
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