Ege (surname)

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

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.