Vedat

Vedat
Gender Male
Language(s) Turkish, Albanian
Origin
Language(s) Semitic
Meaning Friendship, love
Other names
Variant form(s) Vedad
Cognate(s) Medad

Vedat is a masculine given name meaning "friendship, love".[1] It is commonly used in Turkey, and less commonly in Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo.[2] The name has one variant, "Vedad", a very common given name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name and more specifically its Arabic original name "Widad" is cognate with the Hebrew name "Medad" which also has the same meanings; love[3] and friendship,[4] coming from their shared Semitic origins.

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