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Ercan

Ercan is a masculine given name. It is used in Turkish.

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Meaning & origin

How it developed

Built from Turkish er + can.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ercan’s family of names

In Turkish usage, Ercan shares a linguistic root with ERXHAN. In Greek usage, Ercan is a transliteration of Ερτζάν. In Turkish usage, Ercan shares a linguistic root with Эржан.

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ErcanΕρτζάνErkanErceErxhanЭржан

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Ercan has relatives in 3 languages.

Kyrgyz

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 4

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