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Mete is a common masculine
Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...
. In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant". Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" which is the regional name of
Modu Chanyu Modu, Maodun, Modun (, from Old Chinese (220 B.C.E.): *''mouᴴ-tuən'' or *''mək-tuən'', c. 234 – c. 174 BCE) was the son of Touman and the founder of the empire of the Xiongnu. He came to power by ordering his men to kill his father in 209 B ...
who was the founder of
Xiongnu Empire The Xiongnu (, ) were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 ...
. Appropriate Turkish reading of "Mo - du" is "
Baghatur Baghatur ( otk, 𐰉𐰍𐰀, Baga; mn, ''Baγatur'', Khalkha Mongolian: Баатар ''Bātar''; tr, Bağatur, Batur, Bahadır; russian: Богатырь Bogatyr; bg, Багатур Bagatur; fa, بهادر; pa, ਬਹਾਦੁਰ , بہا ...
". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as
Bahadır Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant". This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in lowercase. Relat ...
, Batur, and as in other cognate forms.


Abbreviation

* MetE, Met.E., Metallurgical Engineer


People


Given name

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Ahmet Mete Işıkara Ahmet Mete Işıkara (22 October 1941 – 21 January 2013) was a Turkish people, Turkish geophysicist and seismology, earthquake scientist, well known for his efforts to create public awareness of the need for protection and safety during eart ...
(1941-2013), Turkish seismologist *
Mete Binay Mete Binay (born 19 January 1985 in Emirseyit, Tokat) is a Turkish world champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg division. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships held in Minsk, Belarus, gold ...
, Turkish weightlifter *
Mete Özgencil Mete Özgencil (born 1962) is a Turkish songwriter, composer, music video director, singer, screenwriter and painter. Early life Born in Istanbul on 1962, Özgencil lived in Izmir for 14 years and graduated from the management faculty of Ege ...
, Turkish singer *
Halil Mete Soner Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish American mathematician born in Ankara. Soner's current research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-Landau type systems, viscosity solutions, and mathematical fin ...
, Turkish mathematician


Surname

* Victor Mete (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player


Fictional characters

* Mete Akarsu, in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki ( see Turkish Wikipedia article). {{given name Turkish masculine given names