Enver

Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish and Bosnian, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name Anwar, which means "luminous". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• İsmail Enver (1881–1922), Ottoman Turkish military officer, usually known as Enver Pasha
• Enver Ablaev (born 1979), Uzbek-born Ukrainian freestyle skier
• Ali Enver Adakan (born 1977), Turkish retired dinghy sailor
• Enver Adrović (born 1969), Montenegrin retired footballer
• Enver Ahmed (1909–1992), Indian cartoonist
• Enver Alivodić (born 1984), Serbian footballer
• Enver Balkan (born 1902), Turkish Olympic fencer
• Enver Cenk Şahin (born 1994), Turkish footballer
• Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), Bosnian writer and poet
• Enver Duran (born 1945), Turkish professor and medical doctor
• Enver Faja (1934–2011), Albanian architect and diplomat
• Enver Galim (1915–1988), Tatar writer and journalist
• Enver Gjokaj (born 1982), Albanian-American film and television actor
• Enver Hadri (1941–1990), Kosovar Albanian human-rights activist
• Enver Hadžiabdić (born 1945), Bosnian footballer and manager

• Enver Hadžihasanović (born 1950), Yugoslavian and Bosnian retired military general
• Enver Halilović, Bosnian ambassador
• Enver Hasani, Kosovar Albanian academic
• Enver Hoxha (1908–1985), former Stalinist Communist leader of Albania
• Enver Hoxhaj (born 1969), Kosovar politician
• Enver Idrizi, Croat-Albanian karateka
• Enver İzmaylov (born 1955), Crimean Tatar jazz musician
• Enver Jääger (born 1982), Estonian retired footballer
• Enver Lisin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player
• Enver Lugušić (born 1961), Bosnian retired goalkeeper
• Enver Maloku (1954–1999), Kosovar Albanian journalist
• Enver Mamedov (born 1923), former Soviet diplomat
• Enver Marina (born 1977), Kosovan-Albanian footballer
• Enver Marić (born 1948), Bosnian footballer and coach
• Enver Mujezinović, former Yugoslav intelligence agent
• Enver Murad (1913–1999), Pakistani former diplomat
• Enver Ören (1939–2013), Turkish businessman
• Enver Petrovci (born 1954), Kosovar actor
• Enver Redžić (1915–2009), Bosnian historian and cultural observer
• Enver Sekiraqa (born 1972), Kosovar fugitive
• Enver Soobzokov (born 1978), Jordanian basketball player
• Mohamed Enver Surty (born 1953), South African politician
• Enver Yulgushov (born 1938), Russian footballer and coach

See also

• 24641 Enver, an asteroid
• Enver Creek Secondary School, a public high school in Canada
• Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan
• Anwar (disambiguation), the Arabic form of the name