Metin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Მეთინ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Metin is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name43K records spelled Metin15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, United States, Netherlands

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written M'Etin, Metîn, Mètin, Metìn, Métîn

• French given name12K records spelled Metin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Métin, M'Etin, Metîn, Mêtin, Mëtïn

• Bulgarian given name7.6K records spelled Metin10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye, North Macedonia, Poland

  Languages: Bulgarian, Polish, Macedonian

  Also written Метин

• Spanish given name5.3K records spelled Metin9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Spain, Netherlands

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written M'Etin, Metìn, Métin, Metîn

• Arabic given name2.4K records spelled Metin6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Netherlands

  Languages: Arabic, Amharic

  Also written Metîn, መቲን, Mëtin

• a separate given name1.7K records spelled Metin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Métin

• Russian given name784 records spelled Metin9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Метин, Метін, Метйн

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

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 word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In German, männl. Vom. türkischer Herkunft (türk, metin »stark, vertrauenswürdig« aus gleichbedeutend arab. matin).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Icelandic, definite nominative plural of met

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, inflection of metre:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In lib, to sleep

  as a word·Austronesian 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.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 244 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Metin?

We estimate roughly 167 thousand people bear Metin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Metin have the most bearers?

We estimate about 165 thousand people bear Metin in Türkiye, more than in any other country in our records, 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 Metin compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Metin is the 54th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

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.

What does the name Metin mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Arabic which means "hardy, strong"