Bilge (name)
# Bilge (name)

Bilge is a Turkish name. It is best known as the epithet of the early Turkic ruler Bilge Kağan. As is the case with many Turkic names, is a unisex name. Even in today's Turkey, Bilge continues to be adopted as both a male and female name.

It may refer to:

## Given name

* Bilge Ebiri (born 1973), Turkish-American journalist and filmmaker
* Bilge Kağan, Göktürk ruler
* Kutlug I Bilge Kagan, founder of Uyghur Khaganate
* Bilge Kösebalaban (born 1980), Turkish musician
* Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), Turkish film director
* Bilge Su Koyun (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer
* Bilge Tarhan (footballer) (1941–2016), Turkish Olympian footballer
* Bilge Tarhan (gymnast) (born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast
* Bilge Umar (born 1936), Turkish writer
* Bilge Yildiz, Turkish nuclear engineer
* Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959), Turkish film director
* Bilge Tonyukuk (646–726), Supreme Commander of Second Turkic Khaganate

## Surname

* Dilara Bilge, Turkish volleyball player
* Melek Bilge, Turkish basketball player
