Arda (name)

Arda is given name.

In Turkey, it is used as a masculine name. In Turkish, Arda means sceptre, an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty, and latter (successor), the Arda river (an important tributary of the Maritsa in the Edirne region), a very old Turkic name in Uyghur writings.^[1]

In Armenia, it is a feminine given name. It is likewise found as a feminine name among the Somali people.

It is also a given name of Old English origin.

• Arda of Armenia, a queen of Jerusalem
• Arda Akbulut (born 2001), Turkish footballer
• Arda Bowser (1899–1996), American footballer
• Arda Collins, American poet of Armenian descent
• Arda Denkel (1949–2000), Turkish philosopher
• Arda Green (1899–1958), American biochemist
• Arda Güler (born 2005), Turkish footballer
• Arda Kural (born 1980), Turkish actor
• Arda Mandikian (1924–2009), Greek Armenian opera singer
• Arda Ocal (born 1981), Turkish-Canadian TV and radio broadcaster
• Arda Turan (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Arda Vekiloğlu (born 1979), Turkish basketball player
• Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 1990), Turkish swimmer

• Ben Arda (1929–2006), Filipino professional golfer
• H. Efsun Arda, Turkish developmental and systems biologist
• Yasemin Arda (born 1978), Turkish-Belgian management scientist and operations researcher

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