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 Marić (born 1948), Bosnian footballer and coach
• Enver Mujezinović, former Yugoslav intelligence agent
• Enver Ören (1939–2013), Turkish businessman
• Enver Pasha (1881–1922), Ottoman statesman, general and politician
• Enver Petrovci (1954–2025), 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

See also

• 24641 Enver, an asteroid
• Pioneers of Enver, pioneer movement functioning in Albania during the communist era
• Enver's alphabet, Turkish alphabet created by Enver Pasha
• Enver Creek Secondary School, a public high school in Canada
• Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan
• Enver Pasha's Rebellion, 1921–1922 anti-Bolshevik campaign in Turkestan
• Murder of Enver Şimşek, 2000 murder in Germany
• Anwar (disambiguation), the Arabic form of the name
• ENVER, a game studio based in New York City

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