Emre
Emre is a popular Turkish male given name that means "lover" and/or "friend". It is also a surname in Turkey.
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 همراه, meaning "companion" or "fellow", although this may correlate more with the name Emrah.
Popularity
In Turkey, Emre is the 16th most common name among the male population.Given names
- Emre Akbaba, Turkish footballer
- Emre Altuğ, Turkish musician
- Emre Aracı, Turkish music historian, conductor, composer
- Emre Aydın, Turkish rock singer
- Emre Aşık, Turkish footballer
- Emre Zafer Barnes, Jamaican-Turkish sprinter
- Emre Bayav, Turkish basketball player
- Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer and coach
- Emre Can, German-Turkish footballer
- Emre Can , Turkish Grandmaster chess player
- Emre Çolak, Turkish footballer
- Emre Elivar, Turkish concert pianist
- Emre Gönensay, Turkish politician
- Emre Güngör, Turkish footballer
- Emre Güral, Turkish footballer
- Emre Gürbüz, Turkish footballer
- Emre İşçiler, Turkish footballer
- Emre Kartari, Turkish jazz percussionist
- Emre Kongar, Turkish social scientist, writer and author
- Emre Korkmaz, Turkish actor
- Emre Kızılkaya, Turkish journalist
- Emre Miyasoğlu, Turkish writer
- Emre Mor, Danish-Turkish Player
- Emre Nefiz, Turkish footballer
- Emre Ozdemir, Turkish editorial cartoonist and illustrator
- Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer
- Emre Öztürk , German footballer
- Emre Sabuncuoğlu, Turkish classical guitarist
- Emre Sahin, Turkish director
- Emre Şimşek, Turkish alpine skier
- Emre Taner, Turkish civil servant
- Emre Torun, Turkish footballer
- Emre Törün, Turkish actor
- Emre Ünver, Dutch politician
- Emre Vefa Göktaş, Turkish karateka
- Emre Yüksektepe, Turkish footballer
- Yunus Emre Arslan, Turkish archer
- Yusuf Emre Fırat, Turkish cross-country skier
- Emre Ogan, a character in ''The Promise''