Ümit
title: "Ümit" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["turkish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "turkish-language-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ümit" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Ümit is a unisex Turkish given name and occasional surname, meaning “hope”, originated from the Persian name, Omid. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Ümit Aktan (1949–2025), Turkish sports journalist
- Ümit Aydın (born 1980), Turkish footballer
- Ümit Haluk Bayülken (1921–2007), Turkish diplomat and politician
- Ümit Davala (born 1973), Turkish football coach
- Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1935–1980), Turkish TV producer
- Ümit Karan (born 1976), Turkish football player
- Ümit Korkmaz (born 1985), Austrian footballer of Turkish descent
- Ümit Kurt (historian), Turkish historian and writer
- Ümit Kurt (footballer) (born 1991), Turkish footballer
- Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (1926–1984), Turkish poet
- Ümit Özdağ (born 1961), Turkish politician
- Ümit Şamiloğlu (born 1980), Turkish artistic gymnast
- Ümit Sonkol (born 1982), Turkish basketball player
Surname
- Ahmet Ümit (born 1960), Turkish author and poet
- Tarık Ümit (1947–1995), Turkish intelligence official
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