Enver

Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish, Albanian, Bosnian and Crimean Tatar, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name Anwar, which means "luminous". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Enver Ablaev (born 1979), Uzbek-born Ukrainian freestyle skier
Enver Adrović (born 1969), Montenegrin retired footballer
Enver Ahmed (1909–1992), Indian cartoonist
Enver Alikhanov (1917–1992), Azerbaijani Soviet minister
Enver Alivodić (born 1984), Serbian footballer
Enver Aliyev (1927–2017), Crimean Tatar cotton farmer and Soviet labor hero
Enver Altaylı (born 1944), Turkish writer, academic and former secret agent
Enver Balkan (1902–1966), Turkish Olympic fencer
Enver Baig (1948-2023), Pakistani politician and member of the Senate of Pakistan
Enver Brandt (born 1991), South African rugby union player
Enver Bukić (1937–2017), Slovenian chess grandmaster
Enver Cenk Şahin (born 1994), Turkish footballer
Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), Bosnian writer and poet
Enver Duran (born 1945), Turkish professor and medical doctor
Enver Erdogan, Australian politician
Enver Faja (1934–2011), Albanian architect and diplomat
Enver Galim (1915–1988), Tatar writer and journalist
Enver Gjokaj (born 1980), Albanian-American film and television actor
Enver Hadri (1941–1990), Kosovar Albanian human-rights activist
Enver Hadžiabdić (born 1945), Bosnian footballer and manager
Enver Hadžihasanović (1950–2024), Yugoslavian and Bosnian military general and convicted war criminal
Enver Halilović, Bosnian ambassador
Enver Hasani, Kosovar Albanian academic
Enver Hoxha (1908–1985), Albanian politician and leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1946 until his death in 1985
Enver Hoxhaj (born 1969), Kosovar politician
Enver Ibërshimi (born 1939), Albanian football player
Enver Idrizi (born 1966), Croat-Albanian karateka
Enver Imamović (born 1940), Bosnian archaeologist and historian
Enver İzmaylov (born 1955), Crimean Tatar jazz musician
Enver Jääger (born 1982), Estonian retired footballer
Enver Ziya Karal (1906–1992), Turkish academic
Enver Kazaz (born 1962), Bosnian writer and intellectual
Enver Koso (born 1966), Bosnian handball player
Enver Lisin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player
Enver Lugušić (born 1961), Bosnian goalkeeper
Enver Maloku (1954–1999), Kosovar Albanian journalist
Enver Mamedov (1923–2023), Soviet diplomat
Enver Marina (born 1977), Kosovan-Albanian footballer
Enver Marić (born 1948), Bosnian footballer and coach
Enver Mujezinović, former Yugoslav intelligence agent
Enver Murad (1913–1999), Pakistani former diplomat
Enver Ören (1939–2013), Turkish businessman
Enver Pasha (1881–1922), Ottoman statesman, general and politician
Enver Petrovci (born 1954), Kosovar actor
Enver Redžić (1915–2009), Bosnian historian and cultural observer
Enver Sajjad (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer
Enver Šehović (1967–1993), Bosnian army commander
Enver Sekiraqa (born 1972), Kosovar fugitive
Enver Shehu (1934–2009), Albanian footballer and manager
Enver Sherfedinov (1936–2017), Crimean Tatar musician
Enver Soobzokov (born 1978), Jordanian basketball player
Enver Surty (born 1953), South African politician
Enver Yetiker (1875–1955), Turkish educator
Enver Yıldırım (born 1995), Turkish fencer
Enver Yulgushov (1938–2022), Russian footballer and coach
Enver Gortash, fictional character from the video game Baldur's Gate 3

Middle name

Ali Enver Adakan (born 1977), Turkish retired dinghy sailor
Hasan Enver Pasha (1857–1929), Ottoman general

Surname

Ali Enver (1921–1971), Turkish military pilot
Aslı Enver (born 1984), Turkish actress
Mahpeyker Enver (1917–2000), Ottoman princess
Naciye Enver (1896–1957), Ottoman princess
Türkan Enver (1919–1989), Ottoman princess

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See also