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/).
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.
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).
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#2613 Eko13
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#2614 Elmar13
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#2615 Erhan13
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#2616 Eweryst13
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#2617 Farhad13