Pehlivan or Pahlevan derives from Iranian language word meaning noble, wrestler, hero or champion and it is a loan word in many Asiatic languages as well as middle eastern languages including Turkish surname originally given to wrestlers. The name of Feyli (Pehli) Kurds is also deriving from the same root word. The word consist of two Iranic (Aryen) word "pehli" or "pahli" and "van, wan". While peh, pah is root word for hero "van" or "wan" is a suffix similar as in "er, or" in soldier, warrior, wrestler, shopper.
As of 2014, there are 47,462 people with the surname Pehlivan in Turkey, making it the 243rd most common surname in the country.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Barış Pehlivan (born 1983), Turkish journalist
- Ferhat Pehlivan (born 1988), Turkish boxer
- Halil Pehlivan (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan (1864–1939), Turkish wrestler
- Yasin Pehlivan (born 1989), Austrian–Turkish footballer
See also
- Pehlivan (disambiguation)
- Pehlivanoğlu, another surname with a similar etymology
References
- "Pehlivan Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History".
- "Pehlivan". 7 October 2019.
- "Pehlivan". Forebears. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Pahlevan. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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