Can (name)

{{Short description|Given name}} '''Can''' ({{IPA|tr|dʒan|lang}}) is a common Turkish, Azerbaijani and Circassian given name and surname, meaning ''spirit, life, soul ''or ''heart''. Turkish and Azerbaijani use is derived from the Persian word Jan (Persian: جان) and Circassian use is derived from Circassian word Janberk. Džan is a variant in use in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

==Given name== ===First name=== *Can Akın (born 1983), Turkish basketball player *Can Arat (born 1984), Turkish footballer *Can Artam (born 1981), Turkish race car driver *Can Atilla (born 1969), Turkish composer and musician *Can Ayvazoğlu (born 1979), Turkish volleyball player *Can Bartu (1936–2019), Turkish basketball player, footballer and columnist *Pashanim (born 2000), German rapper of Kurdish descent whose real name is Can David Bayram *Can Bonomo (born 1987), Turkish pop singer *Can Dündar (born 1961), Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian *Can Emre Yücel (born 1983), Turkish footballer *Can Erdem (born 1987), Turkish footballer *Can Ergenekan (born 1972), Turkish-American swimmer *Can Kim Hua, Vietnamese-American professional poker player *Can Korkmaz (born 1992), Turkish basketball player *Can Maxim Mutaf (born 1991), Turkish basketball player *Can Öncü (born 2003), Turkish motorcycle racer *Can Özüpek (born 1996), Turkish triple jumper *Can Themba (1924–68), South African short-story writer *Can Togay (born 1955), Hungarian film director *Can Yücel (1926–1999), Turkish poet *Can Yaman, Turkish actor

===Middle name=== *Coşkun Can Aktan (born 1963), Turkish professor of economics *Asım Can Gündüz (1955–2016), Turkish rock and blues guitarist *Emre Can Coşkun (born 1994), Turkish footballer *Ömer Can Sokullu (born 1988), Turkish footballer *Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), German-Turkish football coach

==Chinese and Vietnamese== *Huy Cận (1919–2005), Vietnamese poet *Kun Can (1612 – after 1674), Chinese painter *Liu Can (died 318), emperor of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Han Zhao *Liu Can (Tang dynasty) (died 906), official of the Chinese Tang dynasty *Ngô Đình Cẩn (1911–64), member of South Vietnam's Diệm government *Nguyễn Bá Cẩn (1930–2009), former Prime Minister of South Vietnam *Trịnh Căn (1633–1709), Vietnamese ruler *Wang Can (177–217), politician, scholar and poet during Chinese Han dynasty *Wu Can (died 245), official of Eastern Wu during the Chinese Three Kingdoms period *Yuan Can (420–477), high-level official of the Chinese dynasty Liu Song *Zhou Can (born 1979), Chinese long jumper *Zhu Can (died 621), rebel leader during the Chinese Sui dynasty

==Surname== *Cem Can (born 1981), Turkish footballer *Cihan Can (born 1986), Turkish footballer *Çiğdem Can Rasna (born 1976), Turkish volleyball player *Derya Can Göçen, Turkish world record holder female free-diver *Emre Can (born 1994), German footballer *Emre Can (chess player) (born 1990), Turkish Grand Master chess player *Erdem Can (born 1980), Turkish basketball coach *Erkan Can (born 1958), Turkish film and theatre actor *Eyüp Can (boxer) (born 1964), Turkish boxer *Melisa Can (born 1984), U.S.-born Turkish female basketball player *Mustafa Can (born 1969), Swedish author and journalist of Kurdish origin *Müslüm Can (born 1975), German footballer *Nachan Can ({{fl}}16th cent.), Maya ruler *Osman Can, Turkish jurist *Sena Can (born 2001), Turkish sport shooter *Sibel Can (born 1970), Turkish folk pop singer *Şenol Can (born 1983), Turkish footballer *Yasemin Can (born 1996), Turkish female long-distance runner of Kenyan origin *Zülal Can (born 2009), Turkish female fencer

===Cans=== *Joacim Cans (born 1970), member of the Swedish band HammerFall

Category:Turkish-language surnames Category:Turkish masculine given names Category:Masculine given names