Ahmet

Turkish variation of Ahmad

"greatly praised"

Ahmet Origin and Meaning

The name Ahmet is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning "greatly praised".

Ahmet is known outside its native land largely thanks to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The original crazy celebrity baby namer Frank Zappa named one of his sons Ahmet, after the influential music executive. Ahmad is a variation of Muhammad.

Ahmet Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 7102 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ahmet

• 200 Germany 2016
• 18 Turkey 2023

Famous People Named Ahmet

• Ahmet Davutoğlu 26th Prime Minister of Turkey
• Ahmet Ertegün Turkish,American founder of Atlantic records
• Ahmet Türk Kurdish Turkish politician
• Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa American writer and producer, son of musician Frank Zappa
• Ahmet Kayhan Dede Turkish Sufi master
• Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Turkish singer