Given name & surname
Sercan
“head”
Sercan is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, meaning “head.” It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish سرجان (Sercân), built from Turkish ser (“head”) + can.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sercan’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sercan
- Sercan SararerTurkish association football player (born 1989)
- Sercan YıldırımTurkish association football player (born 1990)
- Sercan KayaTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Sercan GüvenışıkTurkish association football player (born 1980)
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