Double name · Boy
Mehmet Akif name meaning
“one who is much praised and steadfastly devoted to a task”
1,314 babies in TÜİK newborn lists
What does Mehmet Akif mean?
Mehmet is the Turkish form of Arabic Muhammad, and Akif is also Arabic. The full name, with two syllables in each part, recalls Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the poet who wrote Türkiye's national anthem.
How popular is Mehmet Akif?
Official figures: TÜİK newborn name lists (2018–2025, the top 30 for Türkiye and each of the 81 provinces every year) and the most common names in the population.
- Province lists
- 50provinces
Where is Mehmet Akif in the top 30?
50 provinces · the latest year each province listed it
Source: TurkStat (TÜİK), Address-Based Population Registration System. The lists cover the top 30 names per year, sex and province; no official counts are published for less common names. All statistics →