Erkin

Erkin is a masculine Turkic given name which is also used as a surname. People with the name include:

Given name

• Erkin Sidick (born 1958), Uyghur senior engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA.
• Erkin Abdulla (born 1978), Uyghur pop singer
• Erkin Alptekin (born 1939), Uyghur human rights activist from Germany
• Erkin Alymbekov (1961-2016), Kyrgyz politician
• Erkin Bairam (1958–2001), Cypriot-born New Zealand economist and academic
• Erkin Boydullayev (born 1984), Uzbek football player
• Erkin Doniyorov (born 1990), Uzbek judoka
• Erkin Gadirli (born 1972), Azerbaijani lawyer and politician
• Erkin Hadımoğlu (born 1972), Turkish musical artist
• Erkin Ibragimov (born 1980), Kyrgyz judoka
• Erkin Koray (1941–2023), Turkish musical artist
• Erkin Rakishev, Kazakh film director
• Erkin Shagaev (born 1959), Uzbek water polo player
• Erkin Adylbek Uulu (born 1991), Kyrgyz boxer

Surname

• Behiç Erkin (1876–1961), Turkish soldier
• Caner Erkin (born 1988), Turkish football player
• Ferhunde Erkin (1909–2007), Turkish pianist
• Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980) (1899-1980), Turkish diplomat and politician
• Sermet Erkin (born 1957), Turkish stage magician, journalist and theatre actor
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), Turkish composer