Ferhan

given name · Latin script

Meaning: 1. Sevinçli, neşeli. 2

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/fɛrhˈan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ferhan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 213K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 217K
  • DKDenmark1 in 345K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

81 people

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 213K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

1. Sevinçli, neşeli. 2. Memnun.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ferhan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ferhan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands811 in 213K42Ferhan7
SE Sweden471 in 217K47—2
DK Denmark171 in 345K13——
PL Poland101 in 3.8M7Ferhan1
SI Slovenia51 in 421K5—1

81 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ferhan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye, Serbia, Syria

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Ферхан

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ferḧan

  • Russian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh

    Also written Ферхан, Ferkhan, Fèrhàñ

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Ferhan Oğuzkan, b. 1921Ferhan Tanseli, b. 1927Ferhan Şensoy, b. 1951Ferhan Çeçen, b. 1961Ferhan Önder, b. 1965Nil Karaibrahimgil, b. 1976Ferhan Hasani, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Ferhan,Hi Ferhan, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Ferhan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—47#14,206
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—42#9,389
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—39#7,804
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—31#15,355
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—30#15,660
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202022—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201921—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201819—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201719—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201619—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201519—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201419—

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ferhan?
A machine transcription gives /fɛrhˈan/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Ferhan mean?
Recorded meaning: 1. Sevinçli, neşeli. 2.
Is Ferhan a male or female name?
Ferhan is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Ferhan have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 81 people named Ferhan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ferhan.
Where is Ferhan most common?
Ferhan is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 213 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ferhan?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 81 people named Ferhan, about 1 in 213 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ferhan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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