Aydın (name)

Aydın (pronounced [ˈajdɯn], also spelled Aidin, Ajdin, Aiden, Ayden, or Aydin, Persian: آیدین) is a male given name, originated from Altai language meaning enlightened and bright in Turkic Azeri and Turkish.

Given name

• Aidin Aghdashloo (born 1940), Iranian painter
• Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami (1982–2007), Iranian basketball player
• Aydın Dikmen (born 1937), Turkish art dealer
• Aydın Doğan (born 1936), Turkish entrepreneur
• Aydın Güven Gürkan (1941–2006), Academician and politician
• Aydın Karabulut (born 1988), Turkish-German footballer
• Aidin Mahmutović (born 1986), Bosnian footballer
• Ajdin Maksumić (born 1985), Bosnian footballer
• Aydin Mirzazade (born 1957), Azerbaijani politician
• Ajdin Muzaka (fl. 1443–1444), Albanian military commander
• Aydın Örs (born 1946), Turkish basketball coach
• Aydın Toscalı (born 1980), Turkish footballer
• Aydın Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer

Surname

• Bahtiyar Aydın (1946–1993), Turkish army general
• Bilgesu Aydın (born 1994), Turkish women's football player
• Ebru Aydın (born 1973), Turkish female singer and songwriter
• Ebru Aydın (footballer) (born 1992), Turkish women's footballer
• Elif Sıla Aydın (born 1996), Turkish female handball player
• Emre Aydın (born 1981), Turkish rock singer-songwriter
• Eren Aydın (born 1982), Turkish footballer
• Furkan Aydın (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Lütfiye Aydın (born 1949), Turkish writer
• Mehmet Aydın (born 1943), Turkish professor of philosophy and religion
• Merve Aydın (born 1990), Turkish female middle-distance runner
• Merve Aydın (basketball) (born 1994), Turkish female basketball player
• Mirkan Aydın (born 1987), German-Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Aydın, Turkish professor of International relations
• Okan Aydın (born 1994), Turkish-German footballer
• Selçuk Aydın (born 1983), Turkish boxer

See also

• Aidan (name)
• Ayten (disambiguation)