Recep
Only about 140 men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been named it in years: this is a name most Poles have never met. It reached Poland through Turkish and means respect, or honor.
Recep Pronunciation
Recep is pronounced RE-tsep (/ˈrɛt͡sɛp/).
What Recep means
Where Recep comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Recep is a Turkish name that traces back to a Semitic root meaning respect and veneration. It settled into Turkish through Rajab, the sacred seventh month of the Islamic calendar, a stretch of time long treated with reverence. The sense that stayed is simple. Respect, honor.
The most recognized Recep today is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, born in 1954, who has governed Turkey first as prime minister and later as president. His name puts him in company with countless Turkish boys who carry the same word.
Recep travels well beyond Turkey now. On a class register in a Polish school, a Recep might sit among the R names, near Robert and Rafał. The name has no Polish diminutive of its own, so it stays as it arrived. What it hands its bearer is the old meaning kept whole: szacunek, respect.
How many people are named Recep
1 in 153570 men in Poland is named Recep. 139 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2792 among male names.
Recep as a middle name
Recep is a first name for 139 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4975th, between Razmik (5) and Refaat (5).
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#4973 Rauf5
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#4974 Razmik5
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#4975 Recep5
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#4976 Refaat5
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#4977 Reinold5