Given name & surname · also Turkish
Hilmi
Hilmi is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Indonesian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Hilmi comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish حلمی (Hilmi), from Arabic حِلْمِيّ; its root is Arabic ح ل م.
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Hilmi’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Hilmi has a related form in HELMI.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hilmi
- Hilmi Özkök24th Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forcesborn 1940
- Hilmi SözerTurkish-German actor (born 1970)
- Hilmi GülerTurkish statesperson (born 1949)
- Hilmi Ziya ÜlkenTurkish philosopher and writer (1901–1974)
- Hilmi OkTurkish association football referee (1932–2020)
- Hilmi Cem İntepeTurkish actor (born 1992)
- Hilmi KiremitçiTurkish association football player (1934–2011)
- Hilmi SalimEgyptian poet and journalist (1951-2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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