Given name · also Turkish
Vedat
Vedat is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Vedat comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish وداد (Vedâd), from Arabic وِدَاد; its root is Arabic و د د.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vedat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vedat’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Vedat continues an earlier form in وداد.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vedat
- Vedat AlbayrakTurkish-Greek judoka (born 1993)
- Vedat DalokayTurkish architect and statesperson (1927–1991)
- Vedat İnceefeTurkish association football player (born 1974)
- Vedat IşıkhanTurkish statesperson (born 1966)
- Vedat TekTurkish architect (1873–1942)
- Vedat OkyarTurkish association football player (1945–2009)
- Vedat ErbayTurkish archer (born 1967)
- Vedat TürkaliTurkish screenwriter (1919–2016)
- Vedat BoraTurkish association football player (born 1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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