Given name & surname
Erdoğan
Erdoğan is a masculine given name from Turkish. It is used in English, French, and Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Erdoğan’s family of names
In English usage, Erdoğan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form ERDOGAN. In English usage, Erdoğan has a related form in ERDOGAN. In English usage, Erdoğan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ερντογάν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Erdoğan has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Turkish roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Erdoğan
- Erdoğan AtalayGerman actor of Turkish descentborn 1966
- Erdoğan YeşilyurtTurkish-German association football player (born 1993)
- Erdoğan BayraktarTurkish statesperson (born 1948)
- Erdoğan TeziçTurkish professor of law (1936–2017)
- Erdoğan PartenerTurkish basketball player (1929–1995)
- Erdoğan ArıcaTurkish association football player and manager (1954–2012)
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