Emre
A Turkish name meaning "friend" or "brother". In Poland it stays rare and exclusively male: most people here have never met an Emre, though a handful of boys still get it each year.
Emre Pronunciation
Emre is pronounced EM-re (/ˈɛmrɛ/).
What Emre means
Where Emre comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Emre comes to Polish name lists from Turkish, a language outside the Slavic and Latin roots most of our names share. Its meaning stays close to two plain words for the people we trust: friend and brother. That is a bond, not a trait, and the name says so directly.
The most famous bearer is Yunus Emre, a poet who lived in Anatolia around the turn of the fourteenth century. He wrote in everyday Turkish rather than the learned language of his day, and his verses about love and God are still recited there. His name helped fix Emre in the language as something like a beloved companion.
The name travels light. It has no Polish diminutive and no separate feminine form, so on a school register it stands as one short word between a Bartek and an Emil. A clerk at the urząd writes five letters and moves on. The sense of it holds steady: friend, brother.
How many people are named Emre
1 in 40972 men in Poland is named Emre. 521 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1292 among male names.
Emre's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1236 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Emre as a middle name
Emre is a first name for 521 men in Poland and a middle name for another 267, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 435th, between Scott (268) and Modest (265).
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#433 Anastazy268
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#434 Scott268
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#435 Emre267
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#436 Modest265
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#437 Dobrosław260