Metin
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Metin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 58th most common given name. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Arabic which means "hardy, strong".
- TRTürkiye1 in 498(measured from records)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 1.5K
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 5.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 176 (measured from records)
- 1 in 498 (inferred from the name graph)
164,613 people, 2025
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Türkiye
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name from Arabic which means "hardy, strong"
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Metin 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #58 | 164,613 | 1 in 498 | 165K | Metin | 160 |
| AF Afghanistan | — | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Metin | 3 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | 16 | Metin | 18 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | 114 | — | — |
| FR France | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 49K | 435 | — | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | #74 | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Metin | 23 |
164,613 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025. 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: TÜİK NIP — most used given names; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Metin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, Sağlam, dayanıklı, güçlü.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
In German, männl. Vom. türkischer Herkunft (türk, metin »stark, vertrauenswürdig« aus gleichbedeutend arab. matin).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Icelandic, definite nominative plural of met
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, inflection of metre:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In lib, to sleep
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Metin Erksanb. 1929TRTurkish film director (1929–2012)
- Metin Serezlib. 1934TRTurkish actor and theater director (1934–2013)
- Metin Oktayb. 1936TRTurkish association football player (1936–1991)
- Metin Çekmezb. 1945TRTurkish actor (1945–2021)
- Metin Kaplanb. 1952TRTurkish islamist
- Metin Hüseyinb. 1959GBBritish film and television director
- Metin Günayb. 1963TRTurkish film director (born 1963)
- Metin Hakverdib. 1969DEGerman politician
- Metin Feyzioğlub. 1969TRTurkish attorney and diplomat (born 1969)
- Metin Akdülgerb. 1988TRTurkish actor (born 1988)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 56 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 76 | — |
Reference works 8
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- 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
- What does the name Metin mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Arabic which means "hardy, strong" Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Metin a male or female name?
- Metin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Metin have the most bearers?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted about 165 thousand people named Metin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled metin.
- Where is Metin most common?
- Metin is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 498 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Metin?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted 164,613 people named Metin in 2025, about 1 in 498 residents.
- How common is Metin compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Metin is the 58th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/metinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Metin” — the 58th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.