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 Al (born 1955), Turkish footballer
• Ekrem Alican (1916–2000), Turkish politician
• Ekrem Bardha (born 1933), Albanian-American businessman
• Ekrem Bora (1934–2012), Turkish film actor
• Eko Fresh (real name Ekrem Bora, born 1983), German-Turkish rapper
• Ekrem Boyalı (born 1970), Turkish taekwondo practitioner and coach
• Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (born 1966), Turkish academic
• Ekrem Buyukkaya, executive at Gab (social network)
• Ekrem Bradarić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
• Ekrem Çelebi (born 1965), Turkish politician and parliamentarian
• Ekrem Celil (born 1980), Turkish weightlifter
• Ekrem Cemilpaşa (1891–1973), Kurdish politician and officer
• Ekrem Dağ (born 1980), Austrian footballer of Turkish descent
• Ekrem Dumanlı (born 1964), Turkish journalist
• Ekrem Ekinci, Turkish chemist and academic
• Ekrem Ekşioğlu (born 1978), Turkish footballer
• Ekrem Eylisli (born 1937), Azerbaijani writer and parliamentarian
• Ekrem Gench (born 1974), Bulgarian footballer
• Ekrem Gökay Yüksel (born 1981), Turkish politician
• Ekrem Ibrić (born 1962), Yugoslav football player
• Ekrem İmamoğlu (born 1970), Turkish politician and current mayor of Istanbul
• Ekrem Jevrić (1961–2016), Montenegrin singer and musician
• Ekrem Kahya (born 1978), Turkish-Dutch footballer
• Ekrem Kılıçarslan (born 1997), Turkish footballer
• Ekrem Koçak (1931–1993), Turkish middle distance runner
• Ekrem Lagumdžija (born 1965), Bosnian volleyball player
• Ekrem Libohova (1882–1948), Albanian politician
• Ekrem Memnun (born 1969), Turkish basketball coach
• Ekrem Öztürk (born 1997), Turkish wrestler
• Ekrem Rexha (1961–2000), Kosovo Liberation Army commander
• Ekrem Sancaklı (born 2001), Turkish basketballer
• Ekrem Spahiu (born 1960), Albanian politician

Middle namer

• Ali Ekrem Bolayır (1867–1937), Turkish politician and Ottoman governor of Jerusalem
• Ercüment Ekrem Talu (1886–1956), Turkish writer and journalist
• Gazi Ekrem Husrev Pasha (died 1362), Ottoman Bosnian vizier
• György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist political figure
• Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1882–1936), Bosniak writer and dramatist
• Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem (1847–1914), Turkish bureaucrat and intellectual
• Reşat Ekrem Koçu (1905–1975), Turkish writer and historian
• Selma Ekrem (1902–1986), Turkish-American writer

Eqrem

• Eqrem Basha (born 1948), Kosovan writer
• Eqrem Çabej (1908–1980), Albanian scholar
• Eqrem Konçi (1937–1997), Albanian chess player
• Eqrem Vlora (1885–1964), Albanian politician

See also

• Akram
• Ekram (disambiguation)