Bilge (name)

Bilge is a Turkish name. It is best known as the epithet of the early Turkic ruler Bilge Kağan. As is the case with many Turkic names, is a unisex name. Even in today's Turkey, Bilge continues to be adopted as both a male and female name.

It may refer to:

Given name

• Bilge Ebiri (born 1973), Turkish-American journalist and filmmaker
• Bilge Kağan, Göktürk ruler
• Kutlug I Bilge Kagan, founder of Uyghur Khaganate
• Bilge Kösebalaban (born 1980), Turkish musician
• Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), Turkish film director
• Bilge Su Koyun (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer
• Bilge Tarhan (footballer) (1941–2016), Turkish Olympian footballer
• Bilge Tarhan (gymnast) (born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast
• Bilge Umar (1936–2023), Turkish writer
• Bilge Yildiz, Turkish nuclear engineer
• Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959), Turkish film director
• Bilge Tonyukuk (646–726), Supreme Commander of Second Turkic Khaganate

Surname

• Dilara Bilge, Turkish volleyball player
• Melek Bilge, Turkish basketball player

See also

• Bilgen, list of people with a similar Turkish surname
• Bilgehan, list of people with a similar Turkish name