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Metehan

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Gender
  
Masculine

Word/name
  
mete

Cognate(s)
  
Mete, Bahadır

Language(s)
  
Turkish

Derivation
  
1. "mete"2. "han"

Meaning
  
2. "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", "gallant"2. "Khan"

Metehan is a common masculine Turkish given name. "Metehan" is composed of two words: "Mete" and "Han". In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant" whereas "Han" means literally "Khan". Thus, "Metehan" means "brave khan", "galahad khan", "gallant khan".

Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" which is the regional name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Appropriate Turkish reading of "Mo - du" is "Baghatur". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Bahadır, Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Given name

  • Metehan Altındil, a Turkish guitarist and founder of Turkish rock band Adrenalin.
  • Metehan Başar, a Turkish wrestler who received silver medal in 2007 Black Sea Games.
  • Metehan Bayrakçı, a Turkish footballer playing in Bursaspor.
  • Metehan Çakır, a vj of MTV Türkiye.
  • Metehan Demir, a Turkish journalist.
  • Metehan Gümüş, a Turkish rapper.
  • Metehan Özcan, a Turkish photography artist http://www.metehanozcan.com/.
  • Metehan S. Ayhan, Turkish chef and actor.

    • References

    Metehan Wikipedia
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