Ekrem

Ekrem
Pronunciation	[ecˈɾæm]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Turkish
Meaning	Generous, benevolent, magnanimous
Region of origin	Turkey
Other names
Related names	Akram, Ekram

Ekrem is a Turkish form of the Arabic given name Akram, meaning "kind," "generous," or "benevolent." Sometimes rendered Eqrem in Albania. People named Ekrem include:

Ekrem Akurgal (1911–2002), Turkish archaeologist
Ekrem Alican (1916–2000), Turkish politician
Ekrem Bardha (born 1933), Albanian-American businessman
Ekrem Bora (1934–2012), Turkish film actor
Ekrem Boyalı (born 1970), Turkish taekwondo practitioner and coach
Ekrem Bradarić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
Ekrem Celil (born 1980), Turkish weightlifter
Ekrem Dağ (born 1980), Austrian footballer with Turkish descent
Ekrem Ekşioğlu (born 1978), Turkish footballer
Ekrem Ekinci, Turkish chemist
Ekrem Ibrić (born 1962), former Yugoslav football player
Ekrem İmamoğlu (born 1970), Turkish politician and current Mayor of Istanbul
Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer and musician of Roma
Ekrem Kahya (born 1978), Turkish-Dutch footballer
Ekrem Koçak (1931–1993), Turkish middle distance runner
Ekrem Libohova, Albanian politician
Eqrem Basha, Kosovan writer
Eqrem Çabej, Albanian scholar
Eqrem Vlora, Albanian politician
György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist political figure
Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1882–1936), Bosniak writer and dramatist
Reşat Ekrem Koçu (1905–1975), Turkish writer and historian

See also