Erkin is a masculine given name which is also used as a surname. People with the name include:

Given name

Erkin Abdulla Erkin Abdulla ( ug, ئەركىن ئابدۇللا; zh, s=艾尔肯·阿布都拉, t=艾爾肯·阿布都拉, p=Aiěrkěn Ābùdùlā; born July 8, 1978) is a Uyghurs, Uyghur musician music style is contemporary folk, Uyghur pop and flamenco. B ...

(born 1978), Uyghur pop singer *

Erkin Alptekin Erkin Alptekin (; ; born 4 July 1939) is a Uyghur activist from Germany. Alptekin is the son of Isa Alptekin, who claimed that during 1933–1934, he was the General Secretary of the First East Turkestan Republic in Western China when in realit ...

(born 1939), Uyghur human rights activist from Germany * Erkin Alymbekov, Kyrgyz politician *

Erkin Bairam Erkin Bairam (1958 - 21 May 2001Knowles, S., and McCombie, J. (2002)"Erkin Bairam: 1958-2001 His contribution to economics" ''Economics Discussion Papers'' No. 0212, University of Otago.Knowles, S., and McCombie, J. (2003), "Erkin Bairam’s Contri ...

(1958–2001), Cypriot-born New Zealand economist and academic *

Erkin Boydullayev Erkin Boydullayev (born 10 October 1984) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attac ...

(born 1984), Uzbek football player *

Erkin Doniyorov Erkin Doniyorov (born 9 April 1990) is an Uzbekistani judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版 ...

(born 1990), Uzbek judoka * Erkin Gadirli (born 1972), Azerbaijani lawyer and politician * Erkin Hadımoğlu (born 1972), Turkish musical artist *

Erkin Ibragimov Erkin Mukhtarovich Ibragimov ( ky, Эркин Мухтарович Ибрагимов; born 24 May 1980 in Bishkek, Kirghiz SSR) is a Kyrgyz judoka, who competed in the men's half-middleweight category. He attained a fifth-place finish in the 81 ...

(born 1980), Kyrgyz judoka *

Erkin Koray Erkin Koray (; born 24 June 1941) is a Turkish musician, electro-baglama player, and active in Anatolian rock. Career Koray has been in the Turkish folk music scene since the late 1950s. In 1957, he and his band began playing covers of Elvis P ...

(born 1941), Turkish musical artist *

Erkin Rakishev Erkin Rakishev is a prolific Kazakh film director. He was working on a now canceled and unauthorized film sequel to ''Borat'' titled ''My Brother, Borat''. It was supposed to be a comedy intended to portray Kazakhstan in a more favorable and realis ...

, Kazakh film director *

Erkin Shagaev Erkin Maksudovich Shagayev (russian: Эркин Максудович Шагаев , born February 12, 1959), was an Uzbekistani water polo player who was the part of the Soviet water polo team which won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Oly ...

(born 1959), Uzbek water polo player *

Erkin Adylbek Uulu Erkin Adylbek Uulu (born 14 February 1991) is a Kyrgyzstani boxer. He is 1.9m tall (6'3ft). He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's light heavyweight event, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Juan Carlos Carrillo. He ...

(born 1991), Kyrgyz boxer

Surname

Behiç Erkin Behiç Erkin (1876 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – November 11, 1961, in Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish career officer, Armenian genocide perpetrator, first director (1920–1926) of the Turkish State Railways, nationalized under his aus ...

(1876–1961), Turkish soldier *

Caner Erkin Caner Erkin (, born 4 October 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir and the Turkey national team. Club career Early years Erkin began his professional career at the start of the 2004� ...

(born 1988), Turkish football player *

Ferhunde Erkin Ferhunde Erkin (née Ferhunde Remzi) (June 8, 1909 – July 11, 2007) was a Turkish pianist born in Istanbul. Ferhunde Remzi started her first lessons in Bandırma with her father Ali Remzi Yiğitgüden's guidance when her brother Necdet Remzi Ata ...

(1909–2007), Turkish pianist *

Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980) Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980) was a Turkish diplomat and politician. He was the minister of foreign affairs between 1962 and 1965. He served as the ambassador of Turkey in various countries, including Italy, the United States of America, Spai ...

, Turkish diplomat and politician *

Sermet Erkin Sermet Erkin (born 1957) is a well-known Turkish stage magician, journalist and former theatre actor. Early years Sermet Erkin was born in Karamürsel town of Kocaeli Province in 1957. His name was given by the husband of famous singer Safiye Ay ...

(born 1957), Turkish stage magician, journalist and theatre actor *

Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ulvi Cemal Erkin () (March 14, 1906 – September 15, 1972) was a member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey, born in the period 1904–1910, who later came to be called The Turkish Five. These composers set out the direction of ...

(1906–1972), Turkish composer {{DEFAULTSORT:Erkin Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names