Mete

Mete is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".

Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" which is the regional name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Appropriate Turkish reading of "Mo - du" is "Baghatur". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Bahadır, Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Abbreviation

 * MetE, Met.E., Metallurgical Engineer

Given name

 * Ahmet Mete Işıkara (1941-2013), Turkish seismologist
 * Mete Atatüre, Turkish physicist
 * Mete Binay, Turkish weightlifter
 * Mete Gazoz, Turkish recurve archer
 * Mete Kīngi Paetahi, New Zealand politician
 * Mete Özgencil, Turkish singer
 * Halil Mete Soner, Turkish mathematician

Surname

 * Caterina Mete (born 1980), Australian dancer
 * Victor Mete (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters

 * Mete Akarsu, in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki (see Turkish Wikipedia article).