Hakan

For the village in Iran, see Hakan, Iran.

Hakan

Gender	Masculine
Origin
Meaning	Emperor
Region of origin	Turkey
Other names
Derived	Turkic, meaning ruler

Hakan is a common Turkish forename. The name is produced by using two Turkish titles for rulers: Han (Khan) and Kağan (Khagan). Therefore by joining Han and Kağan, a new title which is higher than Kağan is achieved: Han Kağan. It has transformed into Hakan over time.

The name is also spelled Khakan or Khaqan in other parts of the world, with the same etymology.

Given name

Hakan

• Hakan Dejan (born 19980 , Indonesian Otaku
• Hakan Sağlam (born 1972), Turkish-Australian boxer (retired), boxing trainer
• Ahmet Hakan Coşkun (born 1967), Turkish columnist
• Hakan Akman (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Altun (born 1972), Turkish singer
• Hakan Anaz, Turkish-Australian footballer
• Hakan Arıkan (born 1982), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Arslan (born 1988), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Aslantaş (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Hakan B. Gülsün (1960–2009), Turkish art historian
• Hakan Balta (born 1983), Turkish-German footballer
• Hakan Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Çalhanoğlu (born 1994), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Cengiz (born 1967), Turkish-German footballer
• Hakan Demir (born 1968), Turkish basketball player
• Hakan Demirel (born 1986), Turkish basketball player
• Hakan Dinç (born 1963), Turkish race car driver
• Hakan Erdogmus, Turkish-Canadian software engineering researcher and consultant
• Hakan Fertelli, Turkish volleyball player
• Hakan Fidan (born 1968), Chief of Turkish national intellegence agency
• Hakan Gökçek (born 1993), Turkish-Australian footballer
• Hakan Hayrettin (born 1970), Turkish-British footballer
• Hakan Karahan, Turkish writer
• Hakan Kıran (born 1962), Turkish architect
• Hakan Kiper (born 1973), Turkish swimmer
• Hakan Koç (born 1980), Turkish spotts wrestler
• Hakan Köseoğlu (born 1981), Turkish basketball player
• Hakan Kutlu (born 1972), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Massoud Navabi (born 1990), Afghan origin poet, writer
• Hakan Okay (born 1960), Turkish marketing expert
• Hakan Özmert (born 1985), Turkish-French footballer
• Hakan Özoğuz (born 1976), Turkish musician
• Hakan Peker (born 1961), Turkish dancer, songwriter, singer,
• Hakan Söyler (born 1983), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Sürsal (born 1963), Turkish poet
• Hakan Şükür (born 1971), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Turan (born 1992), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Ünsal (born 1973), Turkish footballer
• Hakan Utangaç (born 1965), Turkish musician
• Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer
• Hakan Özoğuz, Turkish musician
• Hakan Yakin (born 1977), Turkish-Swiss footballer
• Hakan Yılmaz (political scientist), Tukish academic
• Hakan Yılmaz (weightlifter) (born 1982), Turkish weightlifter
• Musa Hakan Asyalı (born 1969), Turkish Biomedical Engineering scientist

Others

• Khakan Sajid, Pakistani writer

Fictional characters

• Hakan, a Turkish oil wrestler in the Street Fighter video game series
• Hakan II, the child emperor of Caldeum in the Diablo III video game, who is actually Belial, the Lord of Lies in disguise.

See also

• Håkan, a Swedish name
• Håkon, a Norwegian name