Given name
Nurcan
Nurcan is a unisex given name from Ottoman Turkish. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish نورجان (Nurcan), built from Turkish nur + can.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
People named Nurcan
- Nurcan TaylanTurkish weightlifter (born 1983)
- Nurcan BaysalTurkish journalist of Kurdish ancestry (born 1975)
- Nurcan ÇelikTurkish association football player (born 1980)
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