Metin

Metin is a Turkish given name and a surname that means solid and durable; derived from the Arabic word "metîn" (متين). It is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Tümer Metin (born 1974), Turkish international footballer

Given name

• Metin Akan (born 1983), Turkish professional footballer
• Metin Akpınar (born 1941), Turkish actor
• Metin Aktaş (born 1977), Turkish footballer
• Metin Aslan (born 1978), Austrian footballer
• Metin Ataseven (born 1972), Swedish politician
• Metin Lindved Aydin (born 1972), Danish politician and architect
• Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist
• Metin Boşnak (born 1965), Turkish scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature, and poet
• Cemal Metin Bulutoğluları (born 1960), Turkish Cypriot mayor of the capital of Northern Cyprus
• Metin Çelik (born 1970), Turkish-Dutch politician
• Metin Depe (born 1981), Turkey football defender
• Metin Diyadin (born 1968), Turkish football manager and retired player
• Metin Erksan (1929–2012), Turkish film director and art historian
• Metin Ersoy (1934–2017), Turkish singer
• Metin Hüseyin, British television and film director
• Metin Kaçan (1961–2013), Turkish author and novelist
• Metin Kaplan (born 1952), the leader of the radical Islamist movement Kalifatsstaat based in Cologne, Germany
• Metin Kaya (born 1961), Turkish-born German politician
• Metin Kurt (1948–2012), Turkish footballer
• Metin Oktay (1936–1991), Turkish footballer
• Metin Serezli (1934–2013), Turkish actor
• Metin Sitti, Turkish roboticist and university professor
• Metin Tekin (born 1964), Turkish professional football player
• Metin Toker (1924–2002), Turkish journalist and writer
• Metin Türel (1935–2018), Turkish football coach
• Metin Yenal, German actor active in the United Kingdom
• Metin Yüksel (1958–1979), Kurdish Islamist from Turkey
• Metin Yurdanur (born 1952), Turkish sculptor
• Metin Bostancıoğlu (born 1942), Turkish politician
• Metin Günay (born 1963), Turkish director