The name of the city possibly goes back to the Parthian Empire . In Old Armenian, Malazgird is referred to as Manavazakert, Manavazkert and Manazkert. The oldest Arabic form was Manāzdschird.
Before it was renamed to Mutlu (Turkish: happy ), the village was called Karaca. The name was changed after 1945. The census of 1945 lists the village with its original name. The former name is also registered with the land registry.
The original name is Avirtinik. This is also recorded in the land register and has been used in various censuses since 1932. The name was changed to the current name in 1957.
The Kurdish name is a variant of the originally Turkish name "Kızıl Kilise" ("Red Church"). Kızıl Kilise is the original name form. The current name is derived from Nazime Sultan, the daughter of the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II . The name was changed in the late 19th century.
The original name of Oğulobas (Turkish son tent ) is Şahvelet. The name was changed after 1945. The census of 1945 lists the village with its original name. The name Şahvelet is also registered with the Land Registry.
The original name of Omuzbaşı (Turkish shoulder beginning) is Şükrük or Şührük. The name was changed after 1945. The census of 1945 lists the village only in the form Şührük. The name Şükrük is registered with the land registry.
The original place name is of Arabic origin and was Hirbahalilan. It is registered in this form at the land registry office. The Kurdish form is Xirbê Helêla.
The original name of the village is Gelkan or Halkan. The name Ğelkan [sic] is registered with the land registry, Halkan was listed as an alternative name in the 1975 and 1980 censuses.
↑ a b Sevan Nişanyan: Adını Unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 202
↑ a b c Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanlık İstatistics Genel Müdürlüğü: 21 Ekim 1945 Genel Nüfus Sayımı. Volume 1. Hüsnütabiat Basımevi, Ankara 1948, p. 18
