Eren is a popular Turkish male name meaning "saint", "wise", "brave" and "well-educated".

Etymology

Eren derives from the Turkish word er, combined with the suffix -en. The word originates from the

Proto-Turkic Proto-Turkic is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Turkic languages that was spoken by the Proto-Turks before their divergence into the various Turkic peoples. Proto-Turkic separated into Oghur (western) and Common Tu ...

*ēr, meaning "man", which over time came to embody meanings such as "brave", "soldier", "tribesman" and "wise". Additionally, the name is an adjective derived from the verb ermek, meaning "to achieve", "to mature", "to attain sainthood" and "to be spiritually enlightened", thereby implying someone who has matured, achieved and attained a high level of wisdom, morality and spirituality.

Popularity

As of 2008, Eren ranked as the 36th most used male name 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 ...

. By 2022, it was the 38th most commonly given name to baby boys in the country.

Given name

* Ali Eren Beşerler (born 1975), Turkish footballer * Ali Eren Demirezen (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer *

Ali Eren İyican Ali Eren İyican (born 26 June 1999) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bodrum. Career A youth product of Osmanlıspor, İyican made his professional debut in a 3-1 Turkish Cup win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 28 Novem ...

(born 1999), Turkish footballer * Eren Albayrak (born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Eren Aydın Eren Aydın (born 16 January 1982) is a Turkish football coach and a former player. He played as a left back. As a coach, he works as an assistant to Ümit Özat Ümit Özat (born 30 October 1976) is a Turkish professional football manager a ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Eren Beyaz Eren Beyaz (born October 1, 1985) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Denizli Basket. References External linksProfile at tblstat.netProfile at tbl.org.tr * 1985 births Living people Aliağa Petkim basketball players Beşik ...

(born 1985), Turkish basketball player * Eren Bilen (born 2000), Turkish footballer *

Eren Bülbül Eren is a popular Turkish male name meaning "saint", "wise", "brave" and "well-educated". Etymology Eren derives from the Turkish word er, combined with the suffix -en. The word originates from the Proto-Turkic *ēr, meaning "man", which ...

(2002–2017), Turkish murder victim *

Eren Derdiyok Eren Derdiyok (born 12 June 1988) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a former Swiss international. Derdiyok has played for ten different clubs in Europe, as well as a one year stint in Uzbekistan's capital ...

(born 1988), Swiss footballer *

Eren Dinkçi Eren Sami Dinkçi (born 13 December 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for club SC Freiburg. Club career In his youth, Dinkçi played for hometown club SC Borgfeld. In January 2019, Dinkçi signed a ...

(born 2001), Turkish-German footballer * Eren Bali (born 1984), Turkish engineer and technology entrepreneur * Eren Erdem (born 1986), Turkish politician *

Eren Eyüboğlu Eren Eyüboğlu (née Ernestine Leibovici; 1913–1988) was a Romanian-born Turkish painter, ceramicist, and mosaic artist. She is considered one of the forerunners of modernism in Turkey. Biography Ernestine Leibovici was born on 5 February 1 ...

(1913–1988), Romanian-born Turkish artist *

Eren Güngör Eren Güngör (born 2 April 1988) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Karabükspor and the Turkey national team. He plays as a central defender or a left-back. Club career Eren started his career playing for his local side Çamdibigüc ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Eren Keles Eren Keles (born 13 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Wiener Sport-Club. Born in Austria and as his parents are from Turkey, Eren Keles remains eligible to represent either Austria or Turkey on international level. Career K ...

(born 1994), Austrian-Turkish footballer * Eren Kinali (born 2000), English footballer *

Eren Keskin Eren Keskin (born April 24, 1959 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist in Turkey. She is the vice-president of the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD) and a former president of its Istanbul branch. She co-founded th ...

(born 1959), Turkish human rights activist *

Eren Özen Eren Özen (born 7 August 1983) is a Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), th ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Eren Ozker Eren Ozker (July 25, 1948 – February 25, 1993) was a Turkish-American puppeteer. She was one of the primary performers during the first season of Jim Henson's popular television series ''The Muppet Show''. Biography Ozker was born in Ankara, ...

(1948–1993), American puppeteer *

Eren Ozmen Eren Ozmen (; born 1958/1959) is a billionaire Turkish-American businesswoman, and the majority co-owner and president of the private aerospace and defense company, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). Early life and education In the early 1980s, E ...

(born 1958), Turkish-American businesswoman *

Eren Şen Eren Şen (born 28 September 1984 in Hamburg) is a German- Turkish football player. He started his playing career in the youth teams of FSV Harburg, later joining FC St. Pauli and Hamburger SV, and made his debut in professional football in 2003 ...

(born 1984), German-Turkish footballer *

Eren Taşkin Eren Taşkin (born 26 August 1992) is a German footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder for SF Hamborn 07. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut for Fortuna Düsseldorf on 22 December 2013 in a 2–3 home defeat against 1. FC K ...

(born 1992), German footballer *

Eren Tozlu Eren Tozlu (born 27 December 1990) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for Erzurumspor. Club career He made his Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a pro ...

(born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Evren Eren Elmalı Evren is a Turkish word, gender-neutral name, and surname meaning ''universe'' or ''cosmos''. It may refer to: Mythology * A dragon in Turkic mythology People Given name * Evren Büker (born 1985), Turkish basketball player * Evren Cagiran ( ...

(born 2000), Turkish footballer *

Muhammed Eren Kıryolcu Muhammed Eren Kıryolcu (born 21 February 2003) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Denizlispor. Professional career Kıryolcu began playing football in his local youth academy Bursa Genç, before stints in the acad ...

(born 2003), Turkish footballer

Fictional characters

Eren Yeager , also spelled Eren Jaeger (Turkish: Eren, "Saint"; German: Jäger (surname), Jaeger/Jäger, "Hunter"), is the protagonist of the ''Attack on Titan'' manga series created by Hajime Isayama. Eren is a teenager who swears revenge on enormous man-e ...

, the main character of the manga and anime series ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

'' (''Shingeki no Kyojin'')

Surname

* Efkan Eren (born 1989), Turkish basketball player *

Emrah Eren Emrah Eren (born 13 November 1978) is a Turkish retired footballer. Emrah has played over 250 matches at Turkish Super League and was a Turkey U21 internationals. Career Emrah began his career at Gaziosmanpaşa in his teenage years, playin ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer * Erdal Eren (1964–1980), Turkish execution victim *

Hasan Eren Hasan Eren (15 March 1919, Vidin, Kingdom of Bulgaria – 26 May 2007, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish academic etymologist, linguist, Turkologist, and Hungarologist specializing in Turkish language, other Turkic languages, and Hungarian langua ...

(1919–2007), Turkish linguist *

Hasibe Eren Hasibe Özlem Eren (born 6 June 1975) is a Turkish actress. She starred in the Show TV animated series ''Sıdıka'' in 1997. Eren played the role of Makbule on the show Avrupa Yakası. Life and career Hasibe Eren graduated from Istanbul Univers ...

(born 1975), Turkish actress *

İbrahim Eren İbrahim Eren (born 26 May 1980) is a Turkish bureaucrat. Education He graduated the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Boğaziçi University and went on to pursue a master of arts in Media Management from the Univ ...

(born 1980), Turkish bureaucrat *

John Eren John Hamdi Eren (born 15 March 1964) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2022, representing Geelong Province in the Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, and Lara in the L ...

(born 1964), Turkish-Australian politician *

Mehmet Eren Boyraz Mehmet Eren Boyraz (born October 11, 1981) is a Turkish football attacking midfielder. Honours * Kayserispor **Turkish Cup (1): 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *Internat ...

(born 1981), Turkish footballer *

Semra Eren-Nijhar Semra Eren-Nijhar (born April 6, 1967, in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, sociologist, documentary filmmaker and a social commentator. Biography Eren-Nijhar is an expert in the area of social policy across Europe and Turkey mostly focusing on is ...

(born 1967), German-Turkish writer * Tayfun Eren (born 1959), Australian politician *

Halil İbrahim Eren Halil İbrahim Eren (born 20 January 1956) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a striker. He spent his entire playing career in the Turkish Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponso ...

(born 1956), Turkish footballer

References

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