Mete
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Mete is a common masculine Turkish given name
Turkish name
A Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...

. In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".

Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" which is the regnal name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Mete is considered one of the first known Turkish rulers in the history and the name is used in memory of him. Appropriate Turkish reading of "Mo - du" is "Baghatur
Baghatur
Baghatur is a historical Turco-Mongol honorific title, in origin a term for "hero" or "valiant warrior".The term was first used by the steppe peoples to the north and west of China as early as the 7th century as evidenced in Sui dynasty records...

". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Bahadır
Bahadır
Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".Bahadır is the modern version of "Baghatur". Baghatur is the appropriate Turkish reading of the personal name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire...

, Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Given name

  • Mete, the founder of Xiongnu Empire.
  • Mete Binay
    Mete Binay
    Mete Binay is a Turkish world champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg division....

    , Turkish weightlifter
  • Mete Özgencil
    Mete Özgencil
    Mete Özgencil is a songwriter, composer, music video director, singer, screenwriter and painter.- Early life :...

    , Turkish singer
  • Halil Mete Soner
    Halil Mete Soner
    Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish mathematician born in Ankara.After graduating from the Ankara Science High School , he started his university education at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, later transferred to Boğaziçi University, Istanbul in 1977. He received a B.Sc...

    , Turkish mathematician

Fictional characters

  • Mete Akarsu, in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
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