Metehan 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...

. "Metehan" is composed of two words: "Mete" and "Han". In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant" whereas "Han" means literally "Khan". Thus, "Metehan" means "brave khan", "galahad khan", "gallant khan".

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 Han, the founder of Xiongnu Empire.
• Metehan Altındil, a Turkish guitarist and founder of Turkish rock band Adrenalin.
• Metehan Başar, a Turkish wrestler who received silver medal in 2007 Black Sea Games
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• Metehan Bayrakçı, a Turkish footballer playing in Bursaspor
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• Metehan Çakır, a vj
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• Metehan Demir, a Turkish journalist.
• Metehan Gümüş, a Turkish rapper.
• Metehan Özcan, a Turkish photography artist http://www.metehanozcan.com/.