Rexhepi
| Language | Albanian |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language | Arabic via Turkish |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Derivation | Rexhep |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Redžepi, Redzepi |
Rexhepi is an Albanian surname, originally a patronymic for the given name Rexhep, an older Albanian spelling for "Rajab" via Turkish "Recep". The current spelling is Rexheb. The digraph xh in Albanian orthography denotes the sound [dʒ], similar to how the initial j is pronounced in the English word jump. The name has been re-spelled as Redzepi outside Albania.
People with that surname include:
- Ardian Rexhepi (born 1993), Swedish football player
- Bajram Rexhepi (1954–2017), Interior Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
- Dardan Rexhepi (born 1992), Swedish football player
- Davide Redzepi (born 1988), Swiss football player
- Emilija Redžepi, Kosovan politician
- Haris Redžepi (born 1988), Bosnian football player
- Lum Rexhepi (born 1992), Finnish football player
- Perlat Rexhepi (1919–1942), Albanian anti-fascist student, one of the Three Heroes of Shkodër
- René Redzepi (born 1977), award-winning Danish chef
- Rexhep Rexhepi (died 1999), former player and captain of Kosovar football club KF Feronikeli after whom its Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium has been named
- Rexhep Rexhepi (born 1987), award-winning watchmaker, Kosovar émigré to Switzerland
- Šakir Redžepi (born 1987), Macedonian football player