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Erhan

Only about 120 men in Poland carry it, so meeting one stays with you. The name is used mostly in Turkey and traces back to Greek, meaning "brave man" or "leader".

Erhan Pronunciation

Erhan is pronounced ER-khahn (/ˈɛrxan/).

Alive in 2025
122
National rank
#3039

What Erhan means

Where Erhan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Erhan travels under a Turkish flag, though the origin on its record is Greek. In Turkey the sense reads clearly: brave man, leader. That meaning follows the Turkish word "er," which names a man, a soldier, someone who holds the front line. In Turkish ears the ending chimes with "han," a ruler or khan. A boy given this name wears the sense plainly.

The name stands alone. It carries no diminutive and no cross-gender pair in the given record. The bareness suits a leader, someone who answers to the full name.

In a Polish school a teacher reading the class register meets Erhan among the Kacpers and Antonis. Two syllables, easy to say and foreign in shape. The name marks a family with Turkish ties.

Erhan means brave man, leader.

How many people are named Erhan

1 in 174969 men in Poland is named Erhan. 122 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3039 among male names.

People with the name Erhan 2019 → 2025
122 +71 since 2019
2020 52 +1
2021 55 +3
2022 66 +11
2023 92 +26
2024 112 +20
2025 122 +10

Erhan as a middle name

Erhan is a first name for 122 men in Poland and a middle name for another 13, a 90/10 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2615th, between Elmar (13) and Eweryst (13).

As a first name
122
As a middle name
13
first name 90% middle name 10%

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