Ekrem

Ekrem

Pronunciation	[ecˈɾæm]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Turkish
Meaning	Generous, benevolent, magnanimous
Region of origin	Turkey
Other names
Related names	Akram, Ekram

Ekrem is a Turkish form of the Arabic given name Akram, meaning "kind," "generous," or "benevolent." Sometimes rendered Eqrem in Albania. Notable people with these names include:

Ekrem

• 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), Austrian footballer of Turkish descent
• Ekrem Ekşioğlu (born 1978), Turkish footballer
• Ekrem Ekinci, Turkish chemist
• Ekrem Ibrić (born 1962), Yugoslav football player
• Ekrem İmamoğlu (born 1970), Turkish politician and current Mayor of Istanbul
• Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer and musician
• Ekrem Kahya (born 1978), Turkish-Dutch footballer
• Ekrem Koçak (1931–1993), Turkish middle distance runner
• Ekrem Libohova, Albanian politician
• 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

Eqrem

• Eqrem Basha, Kosovan writer
• Eqrem Çabej, Albanian scholar
• Eqrem Vlora, Albanian politician

See also

• Akram
• Ekram (disambiguation)