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 ...

. 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 () 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 BCE. Modu ruled from 209 to 174 BCE. He was a military leader under his father Touman and later ''chanyu ...

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 is a historical Turkic and Mongolic honorific title, in origin a term for "hero" or "valiant warrior". The Papal envoy Plano Carpini ( 1185–1252) compared the title with the equivalent of European Knighthood. The word was common am ...

". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as

Bahadır Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish name, 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 low ...

, Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Abbreviation

MetE Mete is a common masculine Turkish given name. 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 who was the founder of Xiongnu Empi ...

, Met.E., Metallurgical Engineer

People

Given name

Ahmet Mete Işıkara Ahmet Mete Işıkara (22 October 1941 – 21 January 2013) was a Turkish geophysicist and earthquake scientist known for his efforts to create public awareness of the need for earthquake-related protection and safety. Early years Işıkara ...

(1941-2013), Turkish seismologist *

Mete Atatüre Mete Atatüre (born 19 February 1975) is a Turkish physicist working on experimental solid-state quantum optics, in particular on the optical control of spin-photon coupling for quantum networks as well as investigation of many-body physics in a ...

, Turkish physicist *

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 Gazoz Mete Gazoz (born 8 June 1999 in Istanbul) is a Turkish recurve archer. He won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also represented Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de ...

, Turkish recurve archer *

Mete Kīngi Paetahi Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi (c. 1813 – 22 September 1883) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in the first Māori elections of 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the House of Representatives. P ...

, New Zealand politician *

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 İzmir 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 and is the Normal John Sollenberger Professor at Princeton University. Soner's research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-L ...

, Turkish mathematician

Surname

Caterina Mete Caterina Mete (born 10 September 1980) is an Australian dancer, singer, choreographer and children's entertainer who is a member of the children's band the Wiggles. Early career Mete began dancing at the age of seven, beginning with tap, jazz a ...

(born 1980), Australian dancer *

Victor Mete Victor Joseph Mete (born June 7, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract ...

(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 Masculine given names