Merve is a feminine

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origin. It originates from the Arabic female name Marwa. It has two meanings: #

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# One of the two sacred hills in

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between which Muslims travel back and forth seven times as part of the ritual pilgrimages. Merve is mentioned in sura of Bakara, verse 158. According to the General Directorate of Civil Registration and Nationality of Turkey, Merve was the most popular female name between 1991 and 2000.

People

Some of the known people with this name are: * Merve Adıyaman (born 1994), Turkish handball player *

Merve Aladağ Merve Aladağ (1 March 1993) is a Turkish Women's association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Turkish First League club Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor. With her team, she has also played the UEFA Women ...

(born 1993), Turkish women's football striker * Merve Aydın (born 1990), Turkish middle distance runner * Merve Aydın (basketball) (born 1994), Turkish basketball player *

Merve Boluğur Merve Boluğur (born 16 September 1987) is a Turkish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in fantasy series '' Acemi Cadı'' (the Turkish version of ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''), '' Küçük Sırlar'' (the Turkish version of ''G ...

(born 1987), Turkish actress *

Merve Büyüksaraç Merve Büyüksaraç (born 13 June 1988) is a model, TV personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Turkey 2006. She is also an industrial designer by profession, a fine-arts artist and an entrepreneur. In 2016, Büyüksaraç has ...

(born 1988), Turkish model and Miss Turkey 2006 *

Merve Çağıran Merve Çağıran (born 13 July 1992) is a Turkish actress. Çağıran finished high school in İzmir. She was then educated at 35,5 Art Center. In 2010, she made her television debut with a role in ''Tek Türkiye''. After appearing in various TV ...

(born 1992), Turkish actress *

Merve Çoban Merve Çoban (born 25 January 1993) is a Turkish karateka. She won the bronze medal in the Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 61 kg, 61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a gold medalist and a two-time si ...

(born 1993), Turkish karateka *

Merve Dalbeler Seniye Merve Dalbeler (born 27 June 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 183 cm and plays as outside hitter. Since 2011 she plays for Turkey, Turkish club Fenerbahçe. Career Dalbeler played for Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball, Fenerb ...

(born 1987), Turkish volleyball player * Merve Daşdemir (born 1987), Turkish-Dutch musician, former vocalist / keys of

Altın Gün Altın Gün (meaning ''Golden Day'' in Turkish also a pun to ''Altın Günü (Gold day)'' a traditional social gathering day) is a Dutch-Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock, band from Amsterdam. It was founded by bassist Jasp ...

Merve Demir Merve Cansu Demir (born 6 September 2001) is a Turkish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a three-time European champion and double World The world is the totality of entities, the w ...

(born 2001), Turkish para table tennis player * Merve Dinçel (born 1999), Turkish taekwondo practitioner * Merve Dizdar (born 1986), Turkish actress * Merve Durdu (born 1996), Turkish handball player *

Merve Emre Merve Emre is a Turkish-American author, academic, and literary critic. She is the author of nonfiction books ''Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America'' (2017) and ''The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs ...

, Turkish-American academic, author and literary critic *

Merve Karadeniz Merve Karadeniz is a Turkish female freestyle wrestler, competing in the 62 kg division. She competes also in beach wrestling. Sports career Karadeniz became champion at the Turkish Junior Women's Wrestling Championship held in Antalya i ...

, Turkish freestyle wrestler *

Merve Kavakçı Merve is a feminine Turkish name, Turkish given name of Arabic origin. It originates from the Arabic female name Marwa (name), Marwa. It has two meanings: # Pebble # One of the two sacred hills in Mecca, Saudi Arabia between which Muslims travel bac ...

(born 1968), Turkish politician *

Merve Kenger Merve Kenger (born 10 October 1993) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler. She represented Turkey at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event. In 2014, she competed in the women's free ...

(born 1993), Turkish wrestler *

Merve Kuryluk Mervin Kuryluk (born August 10, 1937) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played two playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in t ...

(born 1937), Canadian male ice hockey player *

Merve Özbey Merve Özbey (born 18 July 1988) is a Turkish singer and songwriter. Due to her collaborations with Erdem Kınay in the songs "Duman" and "Helal Ettim", she became famous in Turkey. Life and career Merve Özbey was born on 18 July 1988 in Istan ...

(born 1988), Turkish singer and songwriter *

Merve Nur Eroğlu Merve Nur Eroğlu (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish para-archer competing in the women's recurve bow event. She took part at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Early life Merve Nur Eroğlu was born in Bolu, Turkey on 25 March 1993. She lives in her ...

(born 1993), Turkish Paralympic archer *

Merve Sevi Merve Sevi (born 24 July 1987) is a Turkish actress, mostly known for her roles in romantic comedy ''Omuz Omuza'', youth series ''Hayat Bilgisi'' and most recently in ''Yalanci Yarim'', a popular TV show where she rose to nationwide fame. She j ...

(born 1987), Turkish actress *

Merve Tanıl Merve Tanıl (born February 22, 1990, in Ankara) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court u ...

(born 1990), Turkish volleyball player *

Merve Terzioğlu Merve Terzioğlu (24 February 1987 – 7 April 2008) was a Turkish swimmer in the sports club Galatasaray the latest and before that (2002–2006) in Fenerbahçe, both teams in leading positions nationally in Turkey. She was the holder of two n ...

(1987–2008), Turkish swimmer *

Merve Tuncel Merve Tuncel (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in the freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Enka SK. Early years Merve Tuncel was born t ...

(born 2005), Turkish swimmer * Merve Uslu (bprn 1994), Turkish para judoka * Merve Uygül (born 1988), Turkish basketballer *

Merve Vatan Merve Vatan (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish sailor competing in the windsurfing class IQFoil. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Early years Vatan started her sailing career at İÇDAŞ Sports Club in Kara ...

(born 2005), Turkish windfurfer * Merve Yenidünya (born 2004), Turkish armwrestler

Middle name

* Kadriye Kamile Merve Mikanba (1869–1909), Ottoman consort of Sultan Abdulhamid II *

Safa Merve Nalçacı Safa Merve Nalçacı (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish women's soccer, women's football Defender (association football), defender currently playing in the Turkish Women's Football Super League for Beylerbeyi S.K. (women's football), Beylerbeyi S.K ...

(born 1993), Turkish women's footballer

Institutions

Merve Verlag Merve is a feminine Turkish given name of Arabic origin. It originates from the Arabic female name Marwa. It has two meanings: # Pebble # One of the two sacred hills in Mecca, Saudi Arabia between which Muslims travel back and forth seven times as ...

, German publishing house founded by Merve Lowien and others

References

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