Given name · also Turkish
Rexhep
“respect”
Rexhep is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Albanian.
Original TurkishRecep
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rexhep goes back to Arabic رَجَب, meaning “respect.”
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Where it comes from
Rexhep comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (“respect”); its root is Arabic ر ج ب.
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Rexhep’s family of names
Rexhep shares a linguistic root with the Turkish form RECEP. Rexhep has a related form in Rexheb. Rexhep was borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish form رجب.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rexhep has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rexhep
- Rexhep MeidaniAlbanian politicianborn 1944
- Rexhep QosjaAlbanian writer from Kosovo1936–2026
- Rexhep KrasniqiAlbanian-American historian, teacher, nationalist, and anti-communist politician and activist (1906-1999)
- Rexhep FerriKosovo Albanian artist and writer (1937–2024)
- Rexhep SpahiuAlbanian footballer1923–1993
- Rexhep VokaAlbanian writer1847–1917
- Rexhep MaçiAlbanian footballer (1912-1980)
- Rajab Alicricketerborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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