Eray is a masculine Turkish given name.

Etymology

Eray is a combination of two Turkish words er and ay. ''Er'' is derived from the

Proto-Turkic Proto-Turkic is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Turkic languages that was spoken by the Proto-Turks before their divergence into the various Turkic peoples. Proto-Turkic separated into Oghur (western) and Common Tu ...

*ēr, meaning "man", but also "soldier" and "brave", while ''Ay'' comes from the Proto-Turkic *āy, meaning "moon" or "month". Together, Eray means "man of the moon", "soldier of the moon", "brave man of the moon", "moon man" and "moon soldier".

Given Name

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References

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