Effendi is a title of nobility.
Effendi or Efendi may also refer to:
People People with the surname or, especially in historical personalities, just an Ottoman title, include: Effendi Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Ottoman qadi of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope (now South Africa) from 1862 to 1880 Djohan Effendi (1939–2017), Indonesian politician Latif Effendi, pseudonym of Andrea Debono (1821–1871), Maltese trader and explorer Shoghi Effendi (1897–1957), Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 to 1957
Efendi Historical Abbas Wasim Efendi (1689–1760), Ottoman astronomer Abdülaziz Efendi (1735–1782 or 1783), Turkish physician Abdurrahman Bahir Efendi (Arabzade), Ottoman composer of vocal and instrumental Turkish classical music Agah Efendi (1832–1885), Ottoman civil servant, writer and newspaper editor Ahmed Resmî Efendi or Ahmed bin İbrahim Giridî (1700–1783), Ottoman Greek statesman, diplomat and author Ali Rıza Efendi (1839–1888), father of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Çenebaz Osman Efendi, formal name Yenişehirli Osman Efendi, Ottoman diplomat Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574), Hanafi Maturidi Ottoman jurist and Qur'an exegete Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi (1749–1798), Ottoman ambassador and author Halet Efendi (1761–1822), Ottoman diplomat and politician, ambassador to the court of Napoleon I between 1803 and 1806 Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846), Ottoman composer of Ottoman classical music Hattat Aziz Efendi (1871–1934), Ottoman calligrapher Hocazade Esad Efendi (1570–1625), Şeyhülislam (Minister of Islamic Issues) in the Ottoman government Ishak Efendi (–1835), Ottoman mathematician and engineer İsmail Zühdi Efendi (died 1806), Ottoman calligrapher Kamal Kaya Efendi, Turkish military officer who was in China in the 1930s Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801–1876), Ottoman composer, neyzen, poet and statesman, calligrapher Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi (died 1829), Ottoman calligrapher Mehmed Shevki Efendi (1829–1887), Ottoman calligrapher Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi (1848–1917), Ottoman senior judge Mehmet Esad Efendi (c. 1789–1848), Ottoman historian Merkez Efendi, popular nickname of Musa bin Muslihiddin bin Kılıç (1463–1552), Ottoman Islamic scholar and Sufi Muhib Efendi, Ottoman ambassador to the court of Napoleon I between 1806 and 1811 Mustafa Ruhi Efendi (1800–1893), a shaikh of the Naqshbandi tariqah and political leader in the Balkans Salih Efendi the Elder, prominent citizen of Shkodër in the 19th century Sami Efendi (1858–1912), Ottoman calligrapher Sayyid Ahmad Tawfiq Bay Sharif Efendi, Arab pan-Islamist who was in China in the 1930s Sünbül Efendi (1452–1529), founder of the Sunbuliyye Sufi order Tamburi Ali Efendi (also spelled Tanburi or Tambouri) (1836–1902), Ottoman Turkish tambur virtuoso and composer Tatyos Efendi or Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan (1858–1913), Ottoman-Armenian composer of classical Turkish music Yahya Efendi or Molla Shaykhzadeh (1494–1570), Ottoman Islamic scholar, Sufi, and poet Yedikuleli Seyyid 'Abdullah Efendi (1670–1731), Ottoman calligrapher Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (died 1849), Ottoman calligrapher
Contemporary Efendi Abdul Malek (born 1978), Malaysian footballer Emin Efendi, Azerbaijani hip hop record producer and television presenter Gusripen Efendi (born 1986), Indonesian footballer Mursyid Effendi (born 1972), Indonesian footballer Samira Efendi (born 1991), Azerbaijani singer, also known by the mononym Efendi Sugeng Efendi (born 1998), Indonesian footballer Sukasto Efendi (born 1981), Indonesian footballer
Places Karadzor, formerly Efendi, a town in Armenia Norashen, Gegharkunik, formerly Efendi, a town in Armenia
Other uses Effendi, a novel in the Arabesk trilogy, by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Effendi (horse), a racehorse Effendi, a ship named Lalla Rookh built in 1976, named Effendi for some years under the Norwegian flag "Oh Effendi", a 1974 song by 10cc on Sheet Music