Nihat is a Turkish given name for males. It means "legacy". People named Nihat include:
Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964), Turkish chess official Nihat Akbay (1945–2020), Turkish footballer Nihat Akdoğan (born 1980), Turkish politician Nihat Altınkaya (born 1979), Turkish actor Nihat Anılmış (1876–1954), Ottoman army officer and Turkish general Nihat Baştürk (born 1973), Turkish footballer Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972), Turkish footballer Nihat Berker (born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist Nihat Doğan (born 1976), musical artist Nihat Ergün (born 1962), Turkish politician and government minister Nihat Erim (1912–1980), Turkish politician and journalist Nihat Eski (born 1963), Turkish-Dutch politician Nihat Genç (1956–2025), Turkish journalist and writer Nihat Hatipoğlu (born 1955), Turkish academic and theologian Nihat Kahveci (born 1979), Turkish footballer Nihat Mammadli (born 2002), Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Nihat Nikerel (1950–2009), Turkish actor Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu (born 1977), Turkish football player Nihat Odabaşı (born 1968), Turkish fashion photographer Nihat Özdemir (born 1950), Turkish businessman Nihat Şahin (born 1989), Turkish footballer Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 1988), Turkish opara archer Nihat Yeşil (born 1957), Turkish politician Nihat Zeybekci (born 1961), Turkish economist, politician and government minister
See also
Nihad Nihatu