SURNAMEEntry 1,454
Fidan
“sapling”2
- CategoryTrees and forest
- OriginGreek
- FormPlain noun
- Letters / syllables
- 5 / 2
- Formation
- Plain noun
- Vowel harmony
- mixed
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How do you pronounce Fidan?
The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Fidan mean?
A fidan is a sapling, a young tree raised for planting out; figuratively a tall, slender young person is said to be fidan gibi, “like a sapling”. Wiktionary traces the word through Ottoman فدان to Byzantine Greek phytón, “plant”. It carries the image of youth and growth and is used as a female and male given name.2
That Fidan goes back to phytón is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.
Fidan is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.
What is Fidan made of?
Fidan is a single root: fidan (sapling, young tree).
- phytón Greek — Byzantine Greek: plant2
How was the name Fidan formed?
Fidan belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.
Where in Türkiye is Fidan most common?
Fidan is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 25th in Diyarbakır.1
- In the province top 30 1
- Not listed
| # | Province | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Diyarbakır | 25 | 6,922 |
Who are some well-known people named Fidan?
- Hakan Fidan politician 1968–
- Hikmet Fidan politician 1955–2005
- Şenol Fidan association football player 1966–
- Ali Fidan politician 1970–
- Gözde Fidan actor 1991–
- Hasan Fidan association football player 1987–
- Mehmet Fidan botanist
- Oğuz Berkay Fidan singer 1995–
People surnamed Fidan as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
Is Fidan also a first name?
Yes. Fidan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “sapling”.
Fidan as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: φιντάνι
- 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: fidan
- 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759)
- 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries
- 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com)
Common questions about Fidan
- Q1
What does the surname Fidan mean?
- A fidan is a sapling, a young tree raised for planting out; figuratively a tall, slender young person is said to be fidan gibi, “like a sapling”. Wiktionary traces the word through Ottoman فدان to Byzantine Greek phytón, “plant”. It carries the image of youth and growth and is used as a female and male given name.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Fidan?
- The root word of Fidan is phytón (Greek): “Byzantine Greek: plant”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Fidan?
- Fi·dan, 2 syllables; IPA: /fiˈdan/.