Yekta is originally a Persian female given name meaning 'the only one'. It is also used in Turkish as a given name (mostly) for males. People named Yekta include:
Given name
edit- Yekta Jamali (born 2004), Iranian weightlifter
- Yekta Kurtuluş (born 1985), Turkish football player
- Yekta Naser (born 1978), Iranian actress
- Yekta Güngör Özden (born 1932), Turkish judge
- Yekta Uzunoğlu (born 1953), Turkish writer
- Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
Middle name
edit- Ahmet Yektâ Madran (1885–1950), Turkish composer
- Rauf Yekta (1871–1935), Turkish musicologist