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 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