Vedat is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

meaning "friendship, love". It is commonly used in

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, and less commonly in

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

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and

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. The name has one variant, " Vedad", a very common given name in

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. The name and more specifically its

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

original name "Widad" is cognate with the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

name " Medad" which also has the same meanings; love and friendship,Medad - meaning of Medad name
/ref> coming from their shared Semitic origins.

Given name

Vedat Ademi Vedat Ademi (born 22 August 1982) is an Albanian singer-songwriter. He made his début in 2007 with "Më mashtruan sytë" at the 4th edition of Top Fest. However, he made the national breakthrough in 2011, after releasing his album ''Koha s'kthe ...

(born 1982), Albanian Kosovar singer-songwriter *

Vedat Aksoy Vedat Aksoy (born 20 March 1988) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's recurve bow event. He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport ev ...

(born 1988), Turkish para archer *

Vedat Albayrak Vedat Albayrak (born Vano Revazishvili on 2 March 1993; ) is a Turkish judoka, born in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he represented Greece under the name Roman Moustopoulos. He was eliminated in the second round of the men' ...

(born 1993), Turkish judoka *

Vedat Aydın Vedat Aydın (19537July 1991) was a Kurdish politician in Turkey and human rights defender. He was married to Sükran Aydın. Early life and education He was born in 1953 in the village of Kazancı in Bismil District of Diyarbakir Province. ...

(1953–1991), Kurdish politician and lawyer *

Vedat Bilgin Vedat Bilgin (born 22 September 1954) is a Turkish sociologist, academic, bureaucrat, writer and former Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security. Academic life Born in Aydıntepe, Bayburt on September 22, 1954, Vedat Bilgin completed h ...

(born 1954), Turkish politician and intellectual * Vedat Buz (born 1966), Turkish jurist *

Vedat Dalokay Vedat Dalokay (10 November 1927 – 21 March 1991) was a Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara. Early life and education Dalokay was born in Elazığ in 1927 to İbrahim Bey and Emine Hanım, in an Alevi Kurdish family who had r ...

(1927–1991), Turkish politician and architect * Vedat Demir (born 1966), Turkish academic, journalist and writer *

Vedat Demiröz Vedat Demiröz (born 1956, Bitlis Bitlis ( or ; ) is a city in southeastern Turkey. It is the seat of Bitlis District and Bitlis Province.

(born 1956), Turkish politician *

Vedat Erbay Vedat Erbay (born 16 June 1967) is a Turkish archer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '9 ...

(born 1967), Turkish archer *

Vedat Erincin Vedat Erincin (born 1957, Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over ...

(born 1957), Turkish-German actor *

Vedat İnceefe Vedat İnceefe (born 1 April 1974 in Bandırma, Balıkesir) is a retired Turkish football player. He played for Soma Sotesspor (1992–1994), Karabükspor (1994–1996), Galatasaray (1996–2000 and 2000–2003), İstanbulspor (2000), Vestel ...

, (born 1974), Turkish footballer *

Vedat Işıkhan Vedat Işıkhan (born 20 January 1966) is a Turkish politician and professor. He is the minister of labour and social security, Turkey. He was born in Artuklu, Mardin into a ethnically Arab Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group m ...

(born 1966), Turkish politician and professor *

Vedat Kapurtu Vedat Kapurtu (born 30 June 1978) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tokatspor. Professional career A youth product of his local side Bakırköyspor, Kapurtu made his professional debut with Sivasspor in a 2-0 Süper Lig lo ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Vedat Karakuş Vedat Karakuş (born 28 February 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Adana Demirspor. Professional career Karakuş is a youth product of Lüleburgazspor, and signed his first professional contract with Kayse ...

(born 1998), Turkish footballer *

Vedat Kokona Vedat Kokona (August 7, 1913 – October 14, 1998) was an Albanian translator, writer and lexicologist of the 20th century, well known for his dual dictionaries English-Albanian and French-Albanian and his contributions in Albanian lexicology ...

(1913–1998), Albanian translator, writer and lexicologist *

Vedat Muriqi Vedat Muriqi (born 24 April 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Mallorca and the Kosovo national team. Club career Teuta Durrës On 14 January 2013, Muriqi had a trial at Kategoria Superiore c ...

(born 1994), Kosovan footballer *

Vedat Okyar Vedat Okyar (August 1945 – 20 July 2009) was a Turkish international footballer who later became a sports journalist. Early life Vedat Okyar was born in Bursa August 1945. He played amateur football for Yücespor and Adaletspor before becomi ...

(1945–2009), Turkish footballer *

Vedat Önsoy Vedat Önsoy (born 7 July 1959) is a Turkish boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

(born 1959), Turkish boxer *

Vedat Örfi Bengü Vedat Örfi Bengü, also spelt as Wedad Orfi, and Wadad Orfi, (October 14, 1900 – May 25, 1953) was a Turkish-Egyptian silent film producer and actor. Career Controversy depicting Muhammad In 1926, Örfi approached Youssef Wahbi to play the r ...

(1900–1953), Turkish filmmaker and actor *

Vedat Şar Vedat Şar (born 1955) is a Turkish psychiatrist and professor who specialises in psychological trauma and dissociative disorders. His work is particularly concerned with childhood trauma, the epidemiology of dissociative disorders, complex postt ...

(born 1995), Turkish psychiatrist and professor * Vedat Tek (1873–1942), Turkish architect * Vedat Türkali (1919–2016), Turkish screenwriter, playwright and intellectual * Vedat Tutuk (born 1963), Turkish boxer * Vedat Uysal (born 1962), Turkish footballer and manager * Vedat Yenerer (born 1965), Turkish journalist and writer

References

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