Acar or Açar is a surname of multiple origins. (see "Ç" and "C" for the pronunciation in various languages).
Its Turkish origins come from a Turkish given name. The given name Acar may be derived either from the meaning "strong, brave", etc., traced from 12th century, or from a Turkish settlement named Acar.Acar, DFDM. Kemal Çalık, Türk adı ve soyadı sözlüğü, 1989, p. 14 It was a commonly chosen surname by the Turkish political elites after the introduction of Turkey's Surname Law.
It is also a French name found in Belgium, derived, along with the older names Acardus, Achardus, from a Germanic personal name Agihard, an Old High German variant of Eckehard/Ekkehard, etc.,Agihard, Nordic Names, citing Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug, Norsk Personnamnleksikon, 1995 derived from the roots ekka/egga, 'sword', and harta/hard, 'hard'.Eckhardt, DFD
The surname can have several roots among Jewish populations. It can mean farmworker. It can also be a Jewsih occupational surname from the Romanian word , meaning switchman. Açar was also noted as a Sephardic surname, first attested among Jews in Iberia.
Notable people with the surname include:
Denho Acar (born 1974), Turkish mobster
Hasan Hüseyin Acar (born 1994), Turkish footballer İsmail Acar (born 1971), Turkish painter Jacques Acar (writer) (1937–1976), Belgian comic book writer and journalist Jacques F. Acar (1931–2020), French doctor and microbiologist, who specialized in antibiotics Kuzgun Acar (1928–1976), Turkish sculptor Numan Acar (born 1974), Turkish-German actor and film producer
Serkan Acar (1948–2013), Turkish football player Sevdiye Nilgün Acar (born 1958), Turkish artist
Timur Acar (born 1979), Turkish actor Tolgahan Acar (born 1986), Turkish footballer
Veli Acar (born 1981), Turkish footballer
See also
Acker Akar Aker (name) Eker (surname)
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