Nihat is a Turkish given name for males. It means "legacy". People named Nihat include:
- Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964), Turkish chess official
- Nihat Altınkaya (born 1979), Turkish actor
- Nihat Anılmış (1876–1954), Ottoman army officer and Turkish general
- Nihat Balkan, Turkish fencer
- Nihat Baştürk (born 1973), Turkish footballer
- Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972), Turkish footballer
- Nihat Berker (born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist
- Nihat Ergün (born 1962), Turkish politician and government minister
- Nihat Erim (1912–1980), Turkish politician and journalist
- Nihat Eski (born 1963), Turkish-Dutch politician
- Nihat Genç (born 1956), Turkish journalist and writer
- Nihat Kahveci (born 1979), Turkish footballer
- Nihat Nikerel (1950–2009), Turkish actor
- Nihat Özdemir (born 1950), Turkish businessman
- Nihat Şahin (born 1989), Turkish footballer
- Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 1988), Turkish opara archer
- Nihat Zeybekci (born 1961), Turkish economist, politician and government minister
- See also
Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: