Given name & surname · also Turkish
Feridun
Feridun is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Classical Persian. It is used in Turkish and Zazaki.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Feridun comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فریدون (Feridun), from Classical Persian فریدون (farēdūn, firēdūn).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Feridun’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Feridun
- Feridun BuğekerTurkish association football player (1933–2014)
- Feridun ZaimoğluTurkish-German writer (born 1964)
- Feridun SinirlioğluTurkish diplomat (born 1956)
- Feridun KarakayaTurkish actor (1928–2004)
- Feridun DüzağaçTurkish singer (born 1968)
- Feridun Cemal ErkinTurkish diplomat and statesperson (1899–1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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