Nejat

Nejat (and its variants Necat, Nexhat and Nedžad) is a Turkish male name of Persian origin. The name is found in the Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian languages. The name derived from the Persian word "Nezhad or Nijâd " meaning "race and nobility".

Given name

 * Necat Ekinci, Turkish boxer
 * Nejat Alp (born 1952), Turkish musician
 * Nenad Bijedić (1959–2011), Bosnian-Turkish football player, also known as Nejat Biyediç or Vardar
 * Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993), Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Nejat İşler (born 1972), Turkish actor
 * Nejat Konuk (born 1928), former prime minister of Northern Cyprus
 * Nejat Saydam (1929–2000), Turkish film director, screenwriter and actor
 * Nejat Tulgar, (1920–1984), Turkish Olympic fencer
 * Nejat Tümer (1924–2011), Turkish admiral
 * Nejat Uygur (1927–2013), Turkish actor and comedian
 * Nejat Düzgüneş (born 1950), Turkish-American scientist
 * Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician
 * Nedžad Fazlija (born 1968), Bosnian Olympic sports shooter
 * Nedžad Ibrišimović (1940–2011), Bosnian writer and sculptor
 * Nedžad Mulabegović (born 1981), Croatian shot putter
 * Nedžad Sinanović (born 1983), Bosnian professional basketball player
 * Nedžad Verlašević (1955–2001), Yugoslav former football player

Surname

 * Ethem Nejat (1883–1921), Turkish revolutionary communist
 * Fariba Nejat (born 1957), Iranian-American community leader, social activist, teacher and portrait painter

Places

 * Boneh-ye Nejat, a village in Shoaybiyeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, Shadravan District, Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran