Cengiz

Cengiz

Gender	Male
Origin
Region of origin	Turkey
Other names
Related names	Cengizhan, Chinghiz, Genghis

Cengiz is the Turkish form of Genghis, as in Genghis Khan. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Cengiz Aktar (born 1955), Turkish political scientist, journalist and writer
• Cengiz Bektaş (1934–2020), Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer
• Cengiz Biçer (born 1987), Liechtenstein football goalkeeper
• Cengiz Çandar (born 1948), Turkish journalist
• Cengiz Dağcı (1919–2011), Crimean Tatar novelist and poet
• Cengiz Doğu (1945–2019), German poet and activist
• Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu (born 1968), Turkish sprinter
• Cengiz Koç (born 1977), German heavyweight boxer
• Cengiz Küçükayvaz (born 1968), Turkish actor
• Cengiz Kurtoğlu (born 1959), Turkish musician
• Cengiz Özek (born 1964), Turkish puppeteer
• Cengiz Topel (1934–1964), Turkish fighter pilot
• Cengiz Ünder (born 1997), Turkish football player

Surname

• Hakan Cengiz (born 1967), Turkish-German football coach
• Hüseyin Cengiz (born 1984), Turkish-Dutch footballer
• Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
• Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist

See also

• Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani writer
• Cengizhan Kartaltepe, Turkish volleyball player
• Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station, Turkish Navy air station located east of İzmit in Kocaeli Province, Turkey
• Cengiz Holding, Turkish conglomerate of construction, energy, mining, and tourism