Given name · also Turkish
Furkan
Furkan is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Furkan comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فرقان (Furkân), from Arabic فُرْقَان; its root is Arabic ف ر ق.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Furkan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 140 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 298 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Furkan
- Furkan KorkmazTurkish basketball player (born 1997)
- Furkan AldemirTurkish basketball player (born 1991)
- Furkan AndıçTurkish actor (born 1990)
- Furkan AkarTurkish short track speed skaterborn 2002
- Furkan PalalıTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1986)
- Furkan SoyalpTurkish association football player (born 1995)
- Furkan ÖzçalTurkish association football player (born 1990)
- Furkan AydınTurkish association football player (born 1991)
- Furkan Ulaş MemişTurkish boxer (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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