Nejat (and its variants Necat, Nexhat and Nedžad) is a Turkish male name of Persian origin. The name is found in the Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian languages. The name derived from the Persian word "Nezhad or Nijâd " meaning "race and nobility".
People
Given name
- Necat Ekinci, Turkish boxer
- Nejat Alp (born 1952), Turkish musician
- Nenad Bijedić (1959–2011), Bosnian-Turkish football player, also known as Nejat Biyediç or Vardar
- Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993), Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Nejat İşler (born 1972), Turkish actor
- Nejat Konuk (born 1928), former prime minister of Northern Cyprus
- Nejat Saydam (1929–2000), Turkish film director, screenwriter and actor
- Nejat Tulgar, (1920–1984), Turkish Olympic fencer
- Nejat Tümer (1924–2011), Turkish admiral
- Nejat Uygur (1927–2013), Turkish actor and comedian
- Nejat Düzgüneş (born 1950), Turkish-American scientist
- Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician
- Nedžad Fazlija (born 1968), Bosnian Olympic sports shooter
- Nedžad Ibrišimović (1940–2011), Bosnian writer and sculptor
- Nedžad Mulabegović (born 1981), Croatian shot putter
- Nedžad Sinanović (born 1983), Bosnian professional basketball player
- Nedžad Verlašević (1955–2001), Yugoslav former football player
Surname
- Ethem Nejat (1883–1921), Turkish revolutionary communist
- Hossein Nejat, Iranian military personnel
Places
- Boneh-ye Nejat, a village in Shoaybiyeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, Shadravan District, Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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