• Origin: Turkish
• Gender: masculine
• (AIR-kahn)

The name is composed of the Turkish elements er (brave; valiant; man) & kan (blood; lineage).

The name appeared in the Turkish Top 100 between 1980-2003 & peaked at #17 in 1980.

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/erkan
• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Erkan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkan