Hakan
Appearance
Gender | Masculine |
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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 Turkic 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. It also means han of the hans i.e. king of kings, the highest ruler. The name is also spelled Khakan or Khaqan in other parts of the world, with the same etymology.
Given name
- 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 Çevik (born 1976), Turkish Paralympic rifle shooter
- Hakan Demir (born 1968), Turkish basketball player
- Hakan Demirel (born 1986), Turkish basketball player
- Hakan Dinç (born 1963), Turkish race car driver
- Hakan Fertelli, Turkish volleyball player
- Hakan Fidan (born 1968), Chief of Turkish national intelligence 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 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
- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, acting Prime Minister of Pakistan
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.