Merve
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 part of the ritual pilgrimages. Merve is mentioned in sura of Bakara, verse 158.
People
Some of the known people with this name are:- Merve Adıyaman, Turkish handball player
- Merve Aladağ, Turkish women's football striker
- Merve Aydın, Turkish middle distance runner
- Merve Aydın (basketball), Turkish basketball player
- Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress
- Merve Büyüksaraç, Turkish model and Miss Turkey 2006
- Merve Çağıran, Turkish actress
- Merve Çoban, Turkish karateka
- Merve Dalbeler, Turkish volleyball player
- Merve Daşdemir, Turkish-Dutch musician, former vocalist / keys of Altın Gün
- Merve Demir, Turkish para table tennis player
- Merve Dinçel, Turkish taekwondo practitioner
- Merve Dizdar, Turkish actress
- Merve Durdu, Turkish handball player
- Merve Emre, Turkish-American academic, author and literary critic
- Merve Karadeniz, Turkish freestyle wrestler
- Merve Kavakçı, Turkish politician
- Merve Kenger, Turkish wrestler
- Merve Kuryluk, Canadian male ice hockey player
- Merve Özbey, Turkish singer and songwriter
- Merve Nur Eroğlu, Turkish Paralympic archer
- Merve Sevi, Turkish actress
- Merve Tanıl, Turkish volleyball player
- Merve Terzioğlu, Turkish swimmer
- Merve Tuncel, Turkish swimmer
- Merve Uslu, Turkish para judoka
- Merve Uygül, Turkish basketballer
- Merve Vatan, Turkish windfurfer
- Merve Yenidünya, Turkish armwrestler
Middle name
- Kadriye Kamile Merve Mikanba, Ottoman consort of Sultan Abdulhamid II
- Safa Merve Nalçacı, Turkish women's footballer
Institutions
- Merve Verlag, German publishing house founded by Merve Lowien and others