Pınar

Pınar

Gender	Female
Origin
Language(s)	Turkish
Meaning	"Spring (of water)", "Fountain"

Pınar is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Pınar" means "Spring" (of water), and/or "Fountain". Notable people called Pınar include:

Given name

• Pinar Heggernes (born 1969), Turkish-born Norwegian computer scientist
• Pınar İlkkaracan, Turkish human rights activist
• Pınar Köksal (born 1946), female Turkish composer
• Pınar Kür (born 1943), Turkish contemporary author and dramatist
• Pınar Saka (born 1985), Turkish track running athlete
• Pınar Selek (born 1971), Turkish sociologist
• Pınar Soykan (born 1980), Turkish pop singer, actress & model
• Pınar Toprak, Turkish composer
• Pınar Yalçın (born 1988), Turkish-Swedish footballer

Surname

• Leyla Pınar, Turkish harpsichordist and musicologist
• Sedat Pınar (born 1970), Bosnian former basketball player

See also

• Pınar, Dicle
• Pınar Karşıyaka, Turkish professional basketball team located in Karşıyaka, İzmir
• Eflatun Pınar, a spring which rises up from the ground, creating an oasis and fountain