Doğan

• Origin: Turkish
• Meaning: “falcon.”
• Gender: masculine
• Pron: (DOH-ahn)

The name comes directly from the Turkish word for “falcon” or “hawk,” but is also a synonym for “rising,” or “born” in the Turkish language.

It appeared in the Top 100 Most Popular Male Names in Turkey between 1987-2002 and peaked at #74 in 1998.

Sources

• User-submitted name Doğan – Behind the Name
• Informationen zum Vornamen Doğan (vornamen-weltweit.de)
• Doğan – Vikipedi (wikipedia.org)
• Doğan pronunciation: How to pronounce Doğan in Turkish (forvo.com)
• Tureng – dogan – Turkish English Dictionary