Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish, Albanian, Bosnian and Crimean Tatar, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name Anwar, which means "luminous". Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Enver Ablaev (born 1979), Uzbek-born Ukrainian freestyle skier
- Enver Adrović (born 1969), Montenegrin retired footballer
- Enver Ahmed (1909–1992), Indian cartoonist
- Enver Alivodić (born 1984), Serbian footballer
- Enver Balkan (1902–1966), Turkish Olympic fencer
- Enver Baig, Pakistani politician and member of the Senate of Pakistan
- Enver Brandt (born 1991), South African rugby union player
- Enver Cenk Şahin (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), Bosnian writer and poet
- Enver Duran (born 1945), Turkish professor and medical doctor
- Enver Erdogan, Australian politician
- Enver Faja (1934–2011), Albanian architect and diplomat
- Enver Galim (1915–1988), Tatar writer and journalist
- Enver Gjokaj (born 1980), Albanian-American film and television actor
- Enver Hadri (1941–1990), Kosovar Albanian human-rights activist
- Enver Hadžiabdić (born 1945), Bosnian footballer and manager
- Enver Hadžihasanović (born 1950), Yugoslavian and Bosnian retired military general
- Enver Halilović, Bosnian ambassador
- Enver Hasani, Kosovar Albanian academic
- Enver Hoxha (1908–1985), Stalinist dictator of communist Albania
- Enver Hoxhaj (born 1969), Kosovar politician
- Enver Ibërshimi (born 1939), Albanian football player
- Enver Idrizi, Croat-Albanian karateka
- Enver İzmaylov (born 1955), Crimean Tatar jazz musician
- Enver Jääger (born 1982), Estonian retired footballer
- Enver Lisin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player
- Enver Lugušić (born 1961), Bosnian goalkeeper
- Enver Maloku (1954–1999), Kosovar Albanian journalist
- Enver Mamedov (1923–2023), Soviet diplomat
- Enver Marina (born 1977), Kosovan-Albanian footballer
- Enver Marić (born 1948), Bosnian footballer and coach
- Enver Mujezinović, former Yugoslav intelligence agent
- Enver Murad (1913–1999), Pakistani former diplomat
- Enver Ören (1939–2013), Turkish businessman
- Enver Petrovci (born 1954), Kosovar actor
- Enver Redžić (1915–2009), Bosnian historian and cultural observer
- Enver Sekiraqa (born 1972), Kosovar fugitive
- Enver Soobzokov (born 1978), Jordanian basketball player
- Enver Surty (born 1953), South African politician
- Enver Yulgushov (1938–2022), Russian footballer and coach
- Enver Gortash, fictional character from the video game Baldur's Gate 3
Middle name
- Ali Enver Adakan (born 1977), Turkish retired dinghy sailor
- İsmail Enver (1881–1922), Ottoman Turkish military officer, usually known as Enver Pasha
Surname
- Aslı Enver (born 1984), Turkish actress
See also
- 24641 Enver, an asteroid
- Pioneers of Enver, pioneer movement functioning in Albania during the communist era
- Enver Creek Secondary School, a public high school in Canada
- Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan
- Anwar (disambiguation), the Arabic form of the name
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