Emre is a popular
Turkish male given name that means "lover" and/or "friend" and "kakkihousu" examples of this is a famous guy named cemre acarca. It is also a surname in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
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Etymology
The most popular idea is that Emre originates from the Turkish
imrenmek, meaning “to love, desire" or "to feel a longing".
Emre is also associated with the
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
همراه (hamrâh), meaning "companion" or "fellow", although this may correlate more with the name
Emrah Emrah is a Turkish masculine given name. It is a form of Emre.Emrah
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People named Emrah include:
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Popularity
In Turkey, Emre is the 16th most common name among the male population.
Given names
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Emre Akbaba (born 1992), Turkish footballer
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Emre Altuğ (born 1970), Turkish musician
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Emre Aracı
Emre Aracı (born 22 December 1968) is a Turkish music historian, conductor, and composer.
Early life and education.
Aracı was born in Ankara, Turkey and moved to the United Kingdom in 1987.
He studied music at the University of Edinbur ...
(born 1968), Turkish music historian, conductor, composer
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Emre Aydın (born 1981), Turkish rock singer
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Emre Aşık
Emre Aşık (born 13 December 1973) is a Turkish former international footballer. He played centre-back for several clubs in the Turkish Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray. Aşık began his career with Sönmez Filamentspor in the TFF Third L ...
(born 1973), Turkish footballer
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Emre Zafer Barnes
Emre Zafer Barnes, (born Winston Barnes on 7 November 1988) is a Jamaica-born Turkey, Turkish Sprint (running), sprinter. Barnes won the 100 metres, 100 m race at the 2015 Salzburg Athletics Gala in Austria. Also at 2021 Islamic Solidarity Gam ...
(born 1988), Jamaican-Turkish sprinter
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Emre Bayav (born 1987), Turkish basketball player
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Emre Belözoğlu
Emre Belözoğlu (, born 7 September 1980), simply known as Emre, is a Turkish football manager and former professional player who is currently serving as the head coach of Antalyaspor.
A midfielder, usually in a playmaker role, Belözoğlu cam ...
(born 1980), Turkish footballer and coach
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Emre Can (born 1994), German-Turkish footballer
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Emre Can (chess player)
Emre Can (; born January 21, 1990) is a Turkish chess grandmaster. He earned FIDE titles as FIDE Master (FM) in 2006, International Master (IM) in 2007 and Grandmaster (GM) on July 25, 2010.
He was born in İzmir, Turkey on January 21, 1990.
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(born 1990), Turkish Grandmaster chess player
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Emre Çolak (born 1991), Turkish footballer
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Emre Elivar (born 1976), Turkish concert pianist
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Emre Gönensay (born 1937), Turkish politician
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Emre Güngör
Fehmi Emre Güngör (born 1 August 1984) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was part of the Turkey squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
Güngör spent his entire 16-year professional footbal ...
(born 1984), Turkish footballer
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Emre Güral
Emre Güral (born 5 April 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Germany, he represented Turkey at 'A2' international level.
Club career
On 29 March 2022, Güral joined Italian Serie B club Crotone
Crotone (; ; ...
(born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Emre Gürbüz
Emre Gürbüz (born 25 March 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Elazığ Belediyespor FK. He is a versatile central defender who can also play defensive midfielder.
Gürbüz started his career with local club Mersin Kuvayi Milliye in ...
(born 1991), Turkish footballer
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Emre İşçiler
Emre İşçiler (born 28 September 1989 in Manisa, Turkey) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the ...
(born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Emre Kartari
Emre Kartari (born in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish jazz percussionist.
Born into a family of musicians and artists, he moved to the United States when he was ten years old. Soon after, he began to study drums, which led to studying jazz percussi ...
, Turkish jazz percussionist
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Emre Kongar
Reşit Emre Kongar (born 13 October 1941) is a Turkish social scientist, academic, author, and columnist. As of July 2021, he regularly writes his column at Cumhuriyet.
Early life and education
Emre Kongar was born in 1941 in Istanbul, to İhsan ...
(born 1941), Turkish social scientist, writer and author
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Emre Korkmaz
Emre Korkmaz (born 19 June 1986, in Istanbul) is a Turkish actor.
Biography
Emre Korkmaz started at acting in theatre at the age of 16. Korkmaz graduated in Tourism and Hotel Management from Kocaeli University and Business Management from Eski ...
(born 1986), Turkish actor
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Emre Kızılkaya
Emre Kızılkaya (born 6 July 1982, in Istanbul) is a Turkish journalist and researcher who served as a vice-chair of the Vienna-based International Press Institute and as a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Ce ...
(born 1982), Turkish journalist
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Emre Miyasoğlu
Emre Miyasoğlu (born 26 October 1981 in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer.
Background
He has been in Islamabad, Pakistan, between 1988–1992 and completed his primary school there. His father Mustafa Miyasoğlu (litterateur, novelist and journalis ...
(born 1981), Turkish writer
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Emre Mor
Emre Mor (born 24 July 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Süper Lig club Eyüpspor, on loan from Fenerbahçe, and the Turkey national team.
Early life
Emre Mor was born and raised in Brønshøj, C ...
(born 1997), Danish-Turkish Player
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Emre Nefiz (born 1994), Turkish footballer
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Emre Ozdemir
Emre is a popular Turkish male given name that means "lover" and/or "friend" and "kakkihousu" examples of this is a famous guy named cemre acarca. It is also a surname in Turkey.
Etymology
The most popular idea is that Emre originates from the T ...
(born 1981), Turkish editorial cartoonist and illustrator
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Emre Özkan (born 1988), Turkish footballer
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Emre Öztürk (footballer) (born 1986), German footballer
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Emre Sabuncuoğlu (born 1976), Turkish classical guitarist
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Emre Sahin, Turkish director
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Emre Şimşek (born 1987), Turkish alpine skier
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Emre Taner
Emre Taner (born 1942) is a Turkish civil servant who was until May 2010 the undersecretary (i.e. chief) of the governmental intelligence agency of Turkey, the National Intelligence Organization (, MİT).
Career
After graduating from the Sch ...
(born 1942), Turkish civil servant
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Emre Torun (born 1993), Turkish footballer
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Emre Ünver (born 1981), Dutch politician
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Emre Vefa Göktaş
Emre Vefa Göktaş (born 24 June 1998) is a Turkish people, Turkish karateka (martial arts), karateka competing in the kata discipline of karate. He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi SK. He studies at the Physical Education and Sports Academy ...
(born 2001), Turkish karateka
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Emre Yüksektepe
Emre Yüksektepe (born 29 September 1991) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), defensive midfielder for 52 Orduspor.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living p ...
(born 1991), Turkish footballer
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Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 2000), Turkish cross-country skier
; Fictional characters
* Emre Ogan, a character in ''
The Promise'' (2016)
See also
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Emre (surname)
References
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Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names