Given name & surname
Ertuğrul
Ertuğrul is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish ارطغرل (ertuğrul), built from Turkish er + tuğrul.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ertuğrul’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ertuğrul
- ErtuğrulOttoman ruler, father of Osman I
- Şehzade Ertuğrul OsmanOttoman noble (1912–2009)
- Ertuğrul SağlamTurkish association football player (born 1969)
- Ertuğrul GünayTurkish statesperson (born 1948)
- Ertuğrul KürkçüTurkish statesperson (born 1948)
- Ertuğrul ErsoyTurkish association football player (born 1997)
- Ertuğrul ApakanTurkish diplomat and statesperson (born 1947)
- Ertuğrul ErgezenTurkish boxer (1978–2024)
- Ertuğrul TaşkıranTurkish association football player (born 1989)
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