Ekrem is a Turkish form of the Arabic given name Akram, meaning "kind," "generous," or "benevolent." People named Ekrem include:
Ekrem Akurgal (1911–2002), Turkish archaeologist
Ekrem Alican (1916–2000), Turkish politician
Ekrem Bardha (born 1933), Albanian-American businessman
Ekrem Bora (1934–2012), Turkish film actor
Ekrem Boyalı (born 1970), Turkish taekwondo practitioner and coach
Ekrem Bradarić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
Ekrem Celil (born 1980), Turkish weightlifter
Ekrem Dağ (born 1980), Turkish footballer
Ekrem Ekşioğlu (born 1978), Turkish footballer
Ekrem Ekinci, Turkish chemist
Ekrem Ibrić (born 1962), former Yugoslav football player
Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer and musician of Roma
Ekrem Kahya (born 1978), Turkish-Dutch footballer
Ekrem Koçak (1931–1993), Turkish middle distance runner
György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist political figure
Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1882–1936), Bosniak writer and dramatist
Reşat Ekrem Koçu (1905–1975), Turkish writer and historian