Eren is a popular Turkish male name meaning "saint", "wise", "brave" and "well-educated".

Etymology

Eren derives from the Turkish word er, combined with the suffix -en. The word originates 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", which over time came to embody meanings such as "brave", "soldier", "tribesman" and "wise". Additionally, the name is an adjective derived from the verb ermek, meaning "to achieve", "to mature", "to attain sainthood" and "to be spiritually enlightened", thereby implying someone who has matured, achieved and attained a high level of wisdom, morality and spirituality.

Popularity

As of 2008, Eren ranked as the 36th most used male name in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. By 2022, it was the 38th most commonly given name to baby boys in the country.

Given name

* Ali Eren Beşerler (born 1975), Turkish footballer * Ali Eren Demirezen (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer * Ali Eren İyican (born 1999), Turkish footballer * Eren Albayrak (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Eren Aydın (born 1982), Turkish footballer * Eren Beyaz (born 1985), Turkish basketball player * Eren Bilen (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Eren Bülbül (2002–2017), Turkish murder victim * Eren Derdiyok (born 1988), Swiss footballer * Eren Dinkçi (born 2001), Turkish-German footballer * Eren Bali (born 1984), Turkish engineer and technology entrepreneur * Eren Erdem (born 1986), Turkish politician * Eren Eyüboğlu (1913–1988), Romanian-born Turkish artist *

Eren Güngör Eren Güngör (born 2 April 1988) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Karabükspor and the Turkey national team. He plays as a central defender or a left-back. Club career Eren started his career playing for his local side Çamdibigüc ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Eren Keles Eren Keles (born 13 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Wiener Sport-Club. Born in Austria and as his parents are from Turkey, Eren Keles remains eligible to represent either Austria or Turkey on international level. Career K ...

(born 1994), Austrian-Turkish footballer * Eren Kinali (born 2000), English footballer *

Eren Keskin Eren Keskin (born April 24, 1959 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist in Turkey. She is the vice-president of the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD) and a former president of its Istanbul branch. She co-founded th ...

(born 1959), Turkish human rights activist *

Eren Özen Eren Özen (born 7 August 1983) is a Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), th ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Eren Ozker Eren Ozker (July 25, 1948 – February 25, 1993) was a Turkish-American puppeteer. She was one of the primary performers during the first season of Jim Henson's popular television series ''The Muppet Show''. Biography Ozker was born in Ankara, ...

(1948–1993), American puppeteer * Eren Ozmen (born 1958), Turkish-American businesswoman *

Eren Şen Eren Şen (born 28 September 1984 in Hamburg) is a German- Turkish football player. He started his playing career in the youth teams of FSV Harburg, later joining FC St. Pauli and Hamburger SV, and made his debut in professional football in 2003 ...

(born 1984), German-Turkish footballer * Eren Taşkin (born 1992), German footballer * Eren Tozlu (born 1990), Turkish footballer * Evren Eren Elmalı (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Muhammed Eren Kıryolcu (born 2003), Turkish footballer

Fictional characters

Eren Yeager , also spelled Eren Jaeger (Turkish: Eren, "Saint"; German: Jäger (surname), Jaeger/Jäger, "Hunter"), is the protagonist of the ''Attack on Titan'' manga series created by Hajime Isayama. Eren is a teenager who swears revenge on enormous man-e ...

, the main character of the manga and anime series ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

'' (''Shingeki no Kyojin'')

Surname

* Efkan Eren (born 1989), Turkish basketball player *

Emrah Eren Emrah Eren (born 13 November 1978) is a Turkish retired footballer. Emrah has played over 250 matches at Turkish Super League and was a Turkey U21 internationals. Career Emrah began his career at Gaziosmanpaşa in his teenage years, playin ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer * Erdal Eren (1964–1980), Turkish execution victim * Hasan Eren (1919–2007), Turkish linguist *

Hasibe Eren Hasibe Özlem Eren (born 6 June 1975) is a Turkish actress. She starred in the Show TV animated series ''Sıdıka'' in 1997. Eren played the role of Makbule on the show Avrupa Yakası. Life and career Hasibe Eren graduated from Istanbul Univers ...

(born 1975), Turkish actress * İbrahim Eren (born 1980), Turkish bureaucrat * John Eren (born 1964), Turkish-Australian politician *

Mehmet Eren Boyraz Mehmet Eren Boyraz (born October 11, 1981) is a Turkish football attacking midfielder. Honours * Kayserispor **Turkish Cup (1): 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *Internat ...

(born 1981), Turkish footballer *

Semra Eren-Nijhar Semra Eren-Nijhar (born April 6, 1967, in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, sociologist, documentary filmmaker and a social commentator. Biography Eren-Nijhar is an expert in the area of social policy across Europe and Turkey mostly focusing on is ...

(born 1967), German-Turkish writer * Tayfun Eren (born 1959), Australian politician *

Halil İbrahim Eren Halil İbrahim Eren (born 20 January 1956) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a striker. He spent his entire playing career in the Turkish Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponso ...

(born 1956), Turkish footballer

References

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