Koray is a
Turkish given name. It is composed of "Kor" and "Ay". In Turkish "Kor" means "Ember" and "Ay" means "Moon". Thus, "Koray" means "a moon in the colour of ember".
Notable people with the name include:
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Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir (born 1990) is a German professional poker player of Turkish descent, born in Berlin and now residing in Vienna, Austria. In 2021, he won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,000,000.
Aldemir first played poker while at a f ...
, German poker player
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Koray Ariş, Turkish sculptor
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Koray Arslan
Koray Aslan (born 10 October 1983) is a Turkish former football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of footba ...
, Turkish footballer
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Koray Avcı (footballer), Turkish footballer
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Koray Avcı (musician), Turkish musician
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Koray Aydın, Turkish politician
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Koray Candemir
Koray Candemir (born 7 August 1975) is a Turkish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He used to be the lead singer of the Turkish rock band Kargo. Towards the end of 2008, Koray Candemir and Serkan Celikoz, has decided to end their involv ...
, Turkish musician
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Koray Günter
Koray Günter (, ; born 16 August 1994) is a Turkish-German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Sampdoria on loan from Hellas Verona.
Personal life
Günter was born in Höxter in North Rhine Westfalia. He wen ...
, German-Turkish footballer
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Koray Şanlı, Turkish footballer
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Koray Karakilic, Turkish Chef
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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 ...
, Turkish rock musician
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Turkish masculine given names
Turkish-language surnames