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Ege (surname)

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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

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  1. ^ "Ege Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-09-10. Approximately 25,237 people bear this surname.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.