Nejat

Nejat (and its variants Necat, Nexhat and Nedžad) is a Turkish male name of Persian origin. The name is found in the Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian languages. The name derived from the Persian word "Nezhad or Nijâd " meaning "race and nobility".

People

Given name

• Necat Ekinci, Turkish boxer
• Nejat Alp (born 1952), Turkish musician
• Nenad Bijedić (1959–2011), Bosnian-Turkish football player, also known as Nejat Biyediç or Vardar
• Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993), Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Nejat İşler (born 1972), Turkish actor
• Nejat Konuk (born 1928), former prime minister of Northern Cyprus
• Nejat Saydam (1929–2000), Turkish film director, screenwriter and actor
• Nejat Tulgar, (1920–1984), Turkish Olympic fencer
• Nejat Tümer (1924–2011), Turkish admiral
• Nejat Uygur (1927–2013), Turkish actor and comedian
• Nejat Düzgüneş (born 1950), Turkish-American scientist
• Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician
• Nedžad Fazlija (born 1968), Bosnian Olympic sports shooter
• Nedžad Ibrišimović (1940–2011), Bosnian writer and sculptor
• Nedžad Mulabegović (born 1981), Croatian shot putter
• Nedžad Sinanović (born 1983), Bosnian professional basketball player
• Nedžad Verlašević (1955–2001), Yugoslav former football player

Surname

• Ethem Nejat (1883–1921), Turkish revolutionary communist
• Fariba Nejat (born 1957), Iranian-American community leader, social activist, teacher and portrait painter

Places

• Boneh-ye Nejat, a village in Shoaybiyeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, Shadravan District, Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran

See also

• Necati
• Sadat-e Nejat (disambiguation)