Given name & surname
Volkan
“from the volcano”
Volkan is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “from the volcano.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “from the volcano.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
People named Volkan
- Volkan DemirelTurkish association football player and manager (born 1981)
- Volkan BabacanTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Volkan BozkırTurkish diplomat and statesperson (born 1950)
- Volkan ŞenTurkish association football player (born 1987)
- Volkan OezdemirKurdish-Swiss mixed martial artist (born 1989)
- Volkan YamanTurkish association football player (born 1982)
- Volkan ArslanTurkish association football player (born 1978)
- Volkan KonakTurkish singer (1967–2025)
- Volkan KahramanTurkish-Austrian association football player (1979–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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