Given name · also Turkish
Fikret
Fikret is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Fikret comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فكرت (Fikret), from Arabic فِكْرَة; its root is Arabic ف ك ر.
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Fikret’s family of names
In Ottoman Turkish usage, Fikret is a transliteration of فكرت. In Turkish usage, Fikret continues an earlier form in فكرت. In Greek usage, Fikret is a transliteration of Φικρέτ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Fikret
- Fikret AmirovAzerbaijani Soviet composer (1922–1984)
- Fikret OrmanTurkish businessperson (born 1967)
- Fikret Mualla SaygıTurkish painter (1903–1967)
- Fikret HakanTurkish actor and director (1934–2017)
- Fikret KızılokTurkish musician (1946–2001)
- FikiBulgarian pop-folk singerborn 1995
- Fikrat GojaAzerbaijani writer (1935-2021)
- Fikret KuşkanTurkish actor (born 1965)
- Fikret OtyamTurkish journalist and writer (1926–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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