Given name & surname · also Turkish
Ethem
Ethem is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ethem comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish ادهم, from Arabic أَدْهَم.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ethem’s family of names
Ethem has a related form in Ed'hem. Ethem has a related form in Ed'hem. Ethem has a related form in Ed-hem.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ethem
- Edhem ŠljivoBosnian footballer (born 1950)
- Ethem SarısülükTurkish social reformer (1986–2013)
- Ethem NejatOttoman Turkish politician1883–1921
- Ethem PülgirTurkish association football player (born 1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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