Can (Name)

Can a male and female first name, which is among other things used in Turkey as well as in Vietnam and China. The Turkish name also occurs as a family name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

  • Latin ( candidus = the shining, the Pure)
  • Turkish ( dʒɑn = the soul, the interior, the living, the life ) of Persian origin
  • Zazaisch ( = cano, see Turkish, as an adjunct or as a second first name especially among the Alevis, such as Haydar → Haydarcan ( Haydar - Can) )

Variants (in Turkish )

Bearers of the name

Male first name

  • Can Arat (* 1984), the Turkish football player
  • Can Artam ( born 1981 ), Turkish racing driver
  • Can Atilla (born 1969 ), Turkish composer and musician
  • Can Bartu ( b. 1936 ), the Turkish football and basketball players
  • Can Bonomo (* 1987), Turkish- Jewish singer
  • Cao Can ( † 190 BC), politician of the Chinese Han Dynasty
  • Can Erdem (* 1987), the Turkish football player
  • Can Fischer ( * 1984), German actor and author
  • Can Oral (* 1965), German musician, label owner and DJ
  • Can Parlayan (* 1986), the Turkish football player
  • Ömer Can Sokullu (* 1988), the Turkish football player
  • Can Togay ( born 1955 ), Hungarian screenwriter, film director and actor of Turkish descent
  • Can Uğurluer (born 1970 ), Turkish pop singer
  • Can Vanli (* 1962), German -Turkish football coach
  • Can Yücel (1926-1999), Turkish poet and essayist

Female first name

  • Can Erdoğan -Sus ( born 1979 ), Turkish composer

Family name

  • Can Adrian (born 1972 ), also Hakan Can, German actor
  • Ayhan Can ( born 1937 ), Turkish poet
  • Canan and Handan Can ( * 1965, * 1968), German -speaking Turkish authors
  • Cem Can ( b. 1981 ), the Turkish football player
  • Cihan Can ( * 1986), the Turkish football player
  • Emre Can ( chess player ) (* 1990), Turkish chess player
  • Emre Can ( footballer ) (* 1994), German football player
  • Eyüp Can ( born 1964 ), Turkish Boxer
  • Senol Can ( b. 1983 ), the Turkish football player

Artist Name

  • Can Candid (* 1938), German composer
  • Can Themba ( 1924-1968/69 ), South African writer and journalist
  • Sibel Can (born 1970 ), Turkish pop singer and actress
Cao Shen Emre Can (chess player)
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