Given name & surname · also Turkish
Sinan
Sinan is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sinan comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish سنان (Sinân), from Arabic سِنَان; its root is Arabic س ن ن.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sinan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 452
- 447 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,834 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,834 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2018. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,117 as a first name in 2020; 138 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sinan’s family of names
In Greek usage, Sinan is a transliteration of Σινάν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sinan
- Mimar Sinan16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer1490–1588
- Sinan OğanTurkish statesperson (born 1969)
- Koca Sinan PashaGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1580–82, 1589–91, 1593–95, 1595–96)1520–1596
- Sinan KurtTurkish-German association football player (born 1996)
- Sinan BolatTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Sinan PashaOttoman admiral (kapudan pasha) of Croat ancestry1500–1553
- Sinan HasaniYugoslav statesman (1922-2010)
- Sinan SakićSerbian singer (1956–2018)
- Sinan Şamil SamTurkish boxer (1974–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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