Ege (surname)
Ege is a Turkish and Norwegian surname.[1][2] In Turkish it refers to those from the Aegean region.[3]
Notable people with the name include:
- Andrew Ege (1812–1876), American lawyer, farmer and politician
- Carl Johan Ege (1852–1943), Norwegian banker
- Cody Ege (born 1991), American former professional baseball pitcher
- Didem Ege (born 1988), Turkish volleyball player
- Ece Ege (born 1963), Turkish-French fashion designer and founder of the prêt-à-porter line DICE KAYEK
- George Ege (1748–1829), politician from Philadelphia
- Hettie Belle Ege (1861–1942), American mathematician
- İbrahim Ege (born 1983), Turkish retired football player
- Julie Ege (1943–2008), Norwegian actress and model
- Otto Ege (1888–1951), American educator
- Steinar Ege (born 1972), retired Norwegian handballer
References
[edit]- ^ "Ege Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
Approximately 25,237 people bear this surname.
- ^ "Ege Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
German: Variant Of Eck Norwegian: Variant Of Eike. Danish: Topographic Name For Someone Living Near An Oak Tree From Ek 'Oak'. Turkish: Ornamental Name Nickname Or Occupational Name From Ege 'Guardian Of A Child' Or From A Dialect Homonym Meaning 'Elder'. Turkish: Habitational Or Ornamental Name From Ege 'Aegean' At Least In Some Cases Denoting Origin From The Shores Or Islands Of The Aegean Sea.
- ^ Robert F. Spencer (1961). "The Social Context of Modern Turkish Names". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 17 (3): 214. doi:10.1086/soutjanth.17.3.3629041.