Given name & surname · also Turkish
Polat
“steel”
Polat is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish (ultimately Persian), meaning “steel.” It is used in Turkish.
Original Persianپولاد
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Polat comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Polat developed from پولاد.
Polat’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Polat developed from the Persian form پولاد. In Uyghur usage, Polat is a Roman-alphabet rendering of پولات. In Greek usage, Polat as a surname is a transliteration of Πολάτ.
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 Polat
- Polat Kemboi ArıkanKenyan-born Turkish long-distance runner (born 1990)
- Polat CanKurdish political activistborn 1980
- Polat KeserTurkish association football player (born 1985)
- Polat YaldırTurkish association football player (born 2003)
- Polat KocaoğluTurkish basketball player (born 1979)
Characters named Polat: Polat Alemdar (Fictional main character from Valley of the Wolves franchise).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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