Çetin
Appearance
Çetin | |||
Gender: | Male | ||
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Origin: | multiple origins | .9 per 1 million in 2000 U.S. Census | Turkish |
Meaning: | Tough, Robust, Strong, Hard, Arduous | ||
Related Names: | [Cetinkaya, Cetina] |
Çetin (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃeˈtin]) is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Çetin" means "Tough", "Robust", "Strong", "Hard", and/or "Arduous".
People
Given name
- Çetin Alp (1947—2004), Turkish pop music singer
- Çetin Altan (1927—2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and a former member of parliament
- Çetin Emeç, prominent Turkish journalist and columnist, who was assassinated
- Çetin Güngör, Turkish footballer
- Çetin İnanç, Turkish film director
- Çetin Mandacı, Greek politician
- Çetin Özek, Turkish jurist, author and journalist
- Çetin Tekindor, Turkish actor
- Çetin Topçuoğlu, former Turkish taekwondo athlete, who died in the Gaza flotilla raid
Surname
- Arcan Cetin, American perpetrator of the Cascade Mall shooting
- Cansu Çetin (born 1993), Turkish volleyball player
- Hikmet Çetin, Turkish politician
- Oğuz Çetin, Turkish football player
- Recep Çetin, Turkish footballer
- Serhat Çetin, Turkish basketball player
- Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer
- Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, film director, and producer
- Yavuz Çetin, Turkish rock music artist
- Erkan Çetin, Turkish American, President of Besh Kardesh