# Arslan

Arslan is a Turkic masculine given name and surname, used mainly in Russia, West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Western China. It is translated as "brave", or "lion". Arıslan and Aslan/Arsalan are variants of the name.This name is derived from Old Turkic and was used as an epithet for Turkish emperors in the Middle Ages.

## People
### Given name

* Arslan Mastoi (born On March 3, 2004), Pakistani Boy Belonging From Mastoi Balouch Family lives in Tarinda Muhammad Panah.
* Arslan Aydemirov (born 1977), Russian footballer
* Arslan Asad Butt (born 1992), Pakistani actor
* Arslan Ekşi (born 1985), Turkish volleyball player
* Arslan Giray (1692–1768), khan of the Crimean khanate
* Arslan Khalimbekov (born 1967), Russian football manager and former player
* Arslan Khan (disambiguation), multiple people
* Arslan Mataraci Pasha (died 1704), Ottoman governor
* Arslan Mehmed Pasha (Bosnia) (1745–1812), governor of the Ottoman Province of Bosnia
* Arslan Qadir (born 1994), Pakistani field hockey player
* Arslan Seyhanlı (born 1960), Turkish wrestler
* Arslan Toğuz (1886–1963), police commissioner of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish militia leader and politician
* Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 1986), Turkish footballer
* Didem Arslan Yılmaz (born 1974), Turkish news anchor and TV presenter

### Surname

* Adil Arslan (1880–1954), Ottoman politician, writer and poet from Syria
* Ahmet Arslan (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
** Ahmet Arslan (politician) (born 1962), Turkish politician
* Alparslan Arslan (1977–2023), Turkish criminal
* Antonia Arslan (born 1938), Italian writer of Armenian origin
* Aybüke Arslan (born 1994), Turkish women's footballer
* Berkin Kamil Arslan (born 1992), Turkish footballer
* Buse Arslan (born 1992), Turkish actress
* Cengiz Arslan (born 1996), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
* Cihat Arslan (born 1970), Turkish footballer and manager
* Emin Arslan (1868–1943), Ottoman civil servant and Lebanese writer
* Emine Arslan (born 1989), Turkish female kickboxer
* Ender Arslan (born 1983), Turkish basketball player
* Ensar Arslan (born 2001), German footballer
* Ertuğrul Arslan (born 1980), Turkish footballer
* Faysal Arslan (1941–2009), Lebanese politician
* Firat Arslan (born 1970), German professional boxer of Turkish origin
* Gülcan Arslan (born 1986), Turkish actress
* Hakan Arslan (born 1988), Turkish footballer
* Hakan Arslan (footballer, born 1989) (born 1989), Turkish footballer
* Hamit Arslan (1894–?), Turkish footballer
* Huseyin Arslan, American engineer
* Ilke Arslan, Turkish American microscopist
* Işık Kaan Arslan (born 2001), Turkish footballer
* İhsan Arslan (born 1948), Turkish politician and businessman of Kurdish origin
* Kadir Arslan (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player
* Kamber Arslan (born 1980), Turkish footballer
* Kanbolat Görkem Arslan (born 1980), Turkish actor
* Koray Arslan (born 1983), Turkish footballer
* M Iqbal Arslan, Bangladeshi physician and academic
* Majid Arslan (1908–1983), Lebanese politician
* May Arslan (1928–2013), member of the Lebanese Arslan family
* Murat Arslan (born 1974), Turkish judge
* Murat Aslan (born 1986), Turkish volleyball player
* Mücahit Arslan, Turkish politician
* Nadia Arslan (1949–2008), Lebanese actress
* Namosh E. Arslan (born 1981), German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ
* Osman Arslan (born 1942), Turkish judge
* Ömer Arslan (born 1993), Turkish footballer
* Qutlu Arslan, 12th-century Georgian politician and statesman
* Rahmi Arslan (1874–1947), Ottoman revolutionary
* Shakib Arslan, (1869–1946), Lebanese politician, writer, poet, historian
* Sibel Arslan (born 1980), Swiss-Turkish politician and lawyer
* Talal Arslan (born 1963), Lebanese politician
* Thomas Arslan (born 1970), German-Turkish film director
* Tolgay Arslan (born 1990), German-Turkish footballer
* Volkan Arslan (born 1978), Turkish footballer
* Yasemin Can Arslan (born 1992), Turkish long-distence runner
* Yasin Arslan (born 1978), Turkish weightlifter
* Yiğit Arslan (born 1996), Turkish basketball player
* Yılmaz Arslan (born 1968), German film director of Kurdish origin
* Zeina Talal Arslan (born 1971), Lebanese social activist
* Zühtü Arslan (born 1964), Turkish judge and current President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey

### Title

* Bazir Arslan Khan, Khagan of Karakhanids
* Ali Arslan Khan (died 998), Karakhanid ruler
* Arslan Isra'il (died 1032), Turkish chieftain
* Alp Arslan al-Akhras (died 1114), Seljuk sultan of Aleppo
* Ali ibn Il-Arslan, Turkish statesmen in the Ghaznavid empire
* Togan Arslan (died 1137), Bey of Dilmaç
* Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud (died 1146), ruler of Mosul
* Il-Arslan (died 1172), Kharazm Shah
* Alp Arslan (1029–1072), second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty
* Khadija Arslan Khatun, Seljuk princess
* Arslan ibn Mas'ud (1092-1118), Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire
* Arslan Khan (prince), Prince of the Karluks
* Arslan Shah I (died 1142), Sultan of Kerman
* Kara Arslan (died 1174), member of the Artuqid dynasty
* Qizil Arslan (died 1191), ) Atabeg of the Eldiguzids
* Kilij Arslan I (1079–1107), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, first sultan in Konya
* Kilij Arslan II (died 1192), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
* Kilij Arslan III (died 1205), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
* Kilij Arslan IV (died 1265), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
* Al-Nasir Kilij Arslan (died 1229), Emir of Hama
* Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I (died 1211), Zengid Emir of Mossul
* Melik Arslan Bey (died 1466), seventh bey of the Beylik of Dulkadir