Umut (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈumut]) is a Turkish gender neutral given name meaning hope.[1] Notable people named Umut include:
- Umut Akkoyun (born 2000), Turkish tennis player
- Umut apa (fl. 1991–2005), renowned charismatic healer from Kazakhstan
- Umut Aral (born 1976), Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Umut Atakişi (born 1981), Turkish Chess Champion
- Umut Bozok (born 1996), French-born Turkish footballer
- Umut Bulut (born 1983), Turkish footballer
- Umut Gündoğan (born 1990), Turkish footballer
- Umut Güneş (born 2000), Turkish footballer
- Umut A. Gurkan, Turkish–American mechanical and biomedical engineer
- Umut Güzelses (born 1987), Turkish-Israeli soccer player
- Umut Meraş (born 1995), Turkish footballer
- Umut Nayir (born 1993), Turkish footballer
- Umut Oran (born 1962), Turkish textile manufacturer and politician
- Umut Özkirimli (born 1970), Turkish political scientist
- Umut Shayakhmetova (born 1969), Kazakh businesswoman
- Umut Sönmez (born 1993), Azerbaijani footballer
- Umut Sözen (born 1990), Turkish footballer
- Umut Taniş (born 2004), Turkish footballer
- Umut Tursun (born 1999), Chinese-Uyghur singer
See also
edit- Ümit, a Turkish given name and surname
References
edit- ^ Redhouse, Sir James W. (1890). A Turkish And English Lexicon. Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian. p. 204.