The mosque is named after Ertuğrul Gazi, the father of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman I, as a commendation to him.
Osman Pasha | Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII | Ahmed Saad Osman | Osman I | William Charles Osman Hill | Osman Mahamuud | Osman II | Maliki Osman | Aziz M. Osman | Austin Osman Spare | Yusuf Osman Dhumal | Yafes Osman | Shawkat Osman | Russell Osman | Osman Pamukoğlu | Osman Nuri Pasha | Osman Nuri Koptagel | Osman Khalid Butt | Osman Hamdi Bey | Osman Güneş | Osman Ertuğ | Osman Đikić | Osman Abdel Hafeez | Osman | Mustafa Osman Ismail | Muhassıl Osman Pasha | M. Osman Siddique | Mohammed Omar Osman | Mike Osman | Mat Osman |
There were thirty six Ottoman Sultans who ruled over the Empire, and each one was a direct descendant through the male line of the first Ottoman Sultan, Sultan Osman I.