Given name · also Turkish
Fahrettin
“glory of the religion”
Fahrettin is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fahrettin goes back to Arabic فَخْر الدِّين, meaning “glory of the religion.”
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Where it comes from
Fahrettin comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فخر الدين, from Arabic فَخْر الدِّين (“glory of the religion”).
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People named Fahrettin
- Fahrettin KocaTurkish statesperson (born 1965)
- Fahrettin ÖzdilekPrime Minister of Turkey (1898–1989)
- Fahrettin AltayTurkish general and statesperson (1880–1974)
- Fahrettin Kerim GökayTurkish physician and statesperson (1900–1987)
- Fahrettin AltunTurkish academic and politician (born 1976)
- Fahrettin ÇiloğluTurkish writer (born 1956)
- Fahredin DurakuYugoslav footballer (born 1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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