Fırat

Fırat is a Turkish male first name of Arabic origin and the Turkish name for the river Euphrates. The first name also occurs as a family name. The Kurdish Firat form of the name is, but this is outside of the Turkish -speaking countries sometimes also during the non- Kurdish people as a family before.

Bearers of the name

First name

• Fırat Arslan (born 1970 ), German boxer of Turkish origin
• Fırat Aydınus (born 1973 ), Turkish football referee
• Fırat Binici ( born 1985 ), Turkish wrestler
• Fırat Kocaoglu (* 1988), the Turkish football player
• Fırat Pozan (* 1989), Turkish Taekwondoin

Family name

• Abdülmelik Fırat (1934-2009), Kurdish- Turkish politicians
• Mir Mehmet Fırat Dengir ( born 1943 ), Kurdish- Turkish politicians
• Duygu Fırat (* 1990), Turkish basketball national team
• Fırat Engin (* 1970), German -Turkish football coach
• Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (* 1923), Turkish composer, painter and poet
• Osman Fırat (* 1984), the Turkish football player
• Serkan Firat (* 1994), German -Turkish football player

Others

• Fırat University, University in the Turkish city of Elazig