Given name · also Turkish
İhsan
“to do or act well, to do or act right”
İhsan is a unisex given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
İhsan goes back to a word meaning “to do or act well, to do or act right.”
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Where it comes from
İhsan comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish احسان (İhsân), from Arabic إِحْسَان; its root is Arabic ح س ن.
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İhsan’s family of names
In Ottoman Turkish usage, İhsan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of احسان. In Turkish usage, İhsan continues an earlier form in احسان.
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The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named İhsan
- Ihsan Haddadfootballerborn 1994
- Ihsan Abdel QuddousEgyptian writer and novelist (1919–1990)
- Ihsan NuriKurdish soldier and politician (1892-1976)
- İhsan Sabri ÇağlayangilTurkish statesperson (1908–1993)
- Ihsan AbbasPalestinian literary scholar and Arabist1920–2003
- İhsan DoğramacıTurkish pediatrician (1915–2010)
- İhsan YüceTurkish actor (1930–1991)
- İhsan EliaçıkTurkish writer (born 1961)
- İhsan SaraçlarTurkish statesperson (1928–2008)
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