Aydın (name)
Aydın is a Turkish male and female first name meaning " bright" or "clear". The first name also occurs very often as a surname. In Azerbaijan Aydin occurs as a male first name.
Bearers of the name
Ottoman period
- Aydın Reis ( † 1535), a pirate and Ottoman admiral
Male first name
- Aydın Doğan (* 1936), Turkish businessman
- Aydın Engin ( born 1941 ), Turkish director, journalist and columnist
- Aydın Esen (born 1962 ), Turkish musicians
- Aydın Polatçı ( born 1977 ), Turkish wrestler
- Aydın Tohumcu (1943-2003), Turkish football player and coach
- Aydın Toscali (* 1980), the Turkish football player
- Aydın Yılmaz (* 1988), the Turkish football player
Family name
- Adem Aydın (* 1987), the Turkish football player
- Akif Aydin (* 1978), German actor and television journalist
- Attila Murat Aydın (1970-2003), German -Turkish graffiti artist and rapper
- Burak Aydın (* 1995), the Turkish football player
- Canberk Aydın (* 1994), the Turkish football player
- Emre Aydın ( born 1981 ), Turkish rock musician
- Eren Aydın ( b. 1982 ), the Turkish football player
- Ersin Aydın (* 1990), the Turkish football player
- Nuri Fatih Aydın (* 1995), the Turkish football player
- Furkan Aydın (* 1991), the Turkish football player
- Hanna Aydın ( born 1947 ), Turkish Bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Germany
- Hasan Basri Aydın ( born 1935 ), Turkish author and human rights activist
- Hayrettin Aydın (* 1961), German historian and turkologist
- Hüseyin Kenan Aydın (born 1962 ), German politician
- Kadriye Aydın (born 1970 ), German lawyer
- Kelime Aydın - Cetinkaya (* 1982 ), Turkish cross-country skier
- Kubilay Aydın ( born 1975 ), Turkish football goalkeeper
- Mehmet Aydın ( born 1943 ), Turkish politicians
- Merve Aydın (* 1990), Turkish track and field athlete
- Metin Aydın (* 1993), the Turkish football player
- Mirkan Aydın (* 1987), German -Turkish football player
- Musa Aydın ( born 1980 ), the Turkish football player
- Okan Aydın (* 1994), German football player
- Polycarpus Augin Aydın (born 1971 ), Turkish Bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the Netherlands
- Recep Aydın (* 1990), the Turkish football player
- Selçuk Aydın (* 1983), Turkish Boxer
- Vahide Aydın (* 1968), Austrian politician
- Yaşar Aydın (born 1971 ), Turkish- German social scientist
- Ziya Aydın ( born 1979 ), Turkish football goalkeeper