List of Turkish first names

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The list of Turkish first names is a directory of first names in use today in the Turkish language area.

introduction

Until the introduction of the family name under Ataturk, a distinction was made between the first birth name ( isim ) such as Turgut or Aynur and the epithet ( lakap ) such as Topal (the limping). Furthermore, there was sometimes an epithet ( künye ), which contained the name of the father or the son, more rarely the name of the mother or daughter, such as B. Ebu Bekir (father of Bekir) or Ekrem-Zâde (son of Ekrem). Poets were known by their pseudonym ( tahallus ), which often ended in -î ( Fûzulî , Usulî or Bakî ). In traditional families, newborn babies are still given a so-called göbek adı (navel or belly name) when they are cordoned off.

Origin of Turkish first names

Turkish first names often have meanings derived from contemporary language. The meaning of such first names is then immediately apparent or can be looked up in the dictionary.

There are also many names originating from Old Turkish, the meaning of which cannot always be determined from a modern dictionary, especially when it comes to amalgamating several Old Turkish words. Names from Turkic languages ​​other than Turkish or from Mongolian are regularly adapted to Turkish. In this article, Turkish names are also referred to that are derived from geographical names in Mongolia (and adjacent areas), which is regarded as the Turkish original home, such as Altay (the Altai Mountains), Ötüken (a mountain range in Mongolia, whose property is in Old Turkish Time associated with prestige) or Baykal ( Lake Baikal ). However, these names often cannot be derived from Turkish (not even from Old Turkish). This also includes names from the early days of Turkish or Hunnic history such as Bumin , İstemi (the founders of the Old Turkish Empire), Attila (the Hun king), Mete and Teoman (the founders of the Xiongnu empire Mao-tun and T'ou-man ). The Turkish origin of these names is anything but certain, but they count as part of Turkish tradition in Turkey. The origins of these names are different. Some of them have been handed down since the immigrant era, but some of them only emerged with the rise of nationalism.

A large part of the Turkish first names are of Arabic or Persian origin. The names of Arabic origin are mostly religiously motivated; under which Persian origin, there are those from the pre-Islamic Persian rooted epic about the heroes of the Shahnameh arise. In addition, there are a small number of names of biblical / Hebrew origin, but were conveyed via the Arabic, the Koran.

General

Turkish first names are multifaceted. Nouns, adjectives and combinations of various kinds are used. However, whole sentences can also be used as names. Often the vocabulary used for names is also in use, familiar or at least known in the language outside of use as names.

Several Turkish given names are both female and male first names. Nevertheless, depending on their importance, they are more common in one of the sexes. To guess the gender based on the spelling or sound of a name is hardly possible. The Turkish language has no grammatically expressed gender, so the endings of Turkish first names do not provide any information about it. For example, unlike first names in German (e.g. Maria , Heidi ) , names ending in -i or -a cannot be assigned to the female gender for this reason alone ( Tolga , Necati are male names).

Turkish first names often have a still recognizable literal meaning than in German, from which the gender of the name bearer can be inferred. However, the name is sometimes based on a meaning that differs from normal language usage. For example, in today's language, the word "he" alone usually designates the lowest military rank. As part of the name, which then designates male bearers, it can appear at the beginning of the name (e.g. Erol or Erdoğan ) or the end (e.g. Caner or Şener ) and then generally designates a man with traditional positive male characteristics (courageous, brave, etc.). The syllable -ol at the end of the word suggests a male first name, since ol is the imperative of sein and commands are usually addressed to the man (e.g. Erol = be a man , Hürol = be free , etc.). In the case of names of historical persons formed according to these rules, however, their person is in the foreground. The name Alpaslan is supposed to remind of the Seljuk Sultan of that name and not just denote a hero with the courage of a lion.

Purely phonetic considerations can be misleading or just happen to be correct. Names that begin with Nil- are feminine given names (e.g. Nilay , Nilgün , Nilüfer ). These names are derived on the one hand from a name for indigo, on the other hand from the river Nile , and Nilüfer refers to the lotus flower that lives in this river. Names that end in -han are usually derived from the Turkish and Mongolian ruler title Khan . They therefore regularly suggest a male carrier, although this component occurs more in the names of historical or legendary khans (e.g. Metehan , Cengizhan , Oğuzhan ). With a corresponding preceding part of the name, a name in -han can also denote a female carrier. An example of such a first name is Perihan ( the queen of the fairies ), although the first part of the name ( Peri - the fairy) is also used as a name , albeit less often .

For names of Arabic origin, the rules for Arabic names apply, which are only briefly reproduced here. The 99 names of Allah ( Hamit , Aziz , Kerim  ...), other names from Islamic history ( Ömer , Bekir , Fatma , Meryem ) and names of Islamic historical personalities ( Tarık , Emir ) are also given in Turkish. The Arabic form of the name Abd al- ( servant of ... <one of the names of Allah> ) becomes the prefix Abdul- / Abdül- in Turkish (e.g. Abdulkerim / Abdülkerim , Abdulhamit / Abdülhamit , Abdulkadir / Abdülkadir ). The Turkish form is more conservative than the Arabic. In contrast to the Arabic form used today, it preserves the old nominative ending -u from (al-) Abd and blends it with the Arabic article of the following word. For example, Abdu al-Kerim becomes Abdu'l-Kerim . Names ending in -ettin ( Şemsettin , Nizamettin , Fahrettin ) are grammatically Arabic constructs with a genitive connection. They are derived from honorary names given as an award for services to the faith ( din ) and therefore regularly designate male carriers.

In the case of names that come from Arabic, the gender of the bearer can sometimes be deduced because Arabic, in contrast to Turkish, has a grammatical male or female gender. The latter is often recognizable by the final on -a, but mostly on -e, e.g. B. Fatma, Fadime, Ayşe. This is evident in names that are derived from adjectives, where male / female double forms can exist, e.g. B. Cemil (male) and Cemile (female). However, this cannot be relied on with any certainty, because an ending on -a does not necessarily represent a gender mark, cf. about Taha. Some words have a grammatical feminine gender in Arabic as well, although they denote masculine persons. An example of this is Halife, the caliph.

The name of the Islamic prophet Mohammed has a special position in Turkish. It is given mainly in the modified form Mehmet . Behind originally put intend the name Muhammad (or türkisiert Muhammet ) not to award random, since one can not know whether the child this name will not be unjust. In its modified form Mehmet , this name could be given without hesitation. Today the name is naturalized in the form Mehmet without the thought given here being behind it.

In some cases, given first names provide information about the family's cultural background, but this is not the rule. Religiously minded families tend to use Islamic (Arabic / Hebrew) names, nationally minded families tend to use Turkish and Old Turkish names. The names Ali or Cem are more common in Alevi families .

The short film 99 Beautiful by Tessa Knapp from 2010 is about Turkish first names.

Pet forms

There are different types of nicknames in Turkish. A few Turkish names are sometimes abbreviated in everyday life, as is the case with some German first names. Examples are Musti (from Mustafa), Yase (from Yasemin), Kübi (from Kübra) or Mel (from Melisa or Melis).

Another nickname is given names ending in -oş / -osch / -osh, which are particularly widespread among female first names. Examples are Diloş / Dilosh (e.g. from Dilara or Dilan), Seloş / Selosh (e.g. from Selin or Selina) or Iloş / Ilosh (from Ilayda). The name Ilayda z. B. can also be abbreviated as Ilay, Illy or Ila (a). The same applies to other Turkish first names.

In addition, a pet form can be formed in Turkish by adding -cık, -cik, -cuk, -cük according to the rules of the great vowel harmony. (Names ending in -ç, -f, -h, -k, -p, -s, -ş, -t have the suffix -çık, -çik, -çuk, -çük). For example, Okan would be Okancık , Gönül would be Gönülcük , Ayşe would be Ayşecik, and Yusuf would be Yusufçuk . A less common nickname is created by the addition -cağız / -ceğiz. The small vowel harmony applies to this pet form. (For names that end in the letters listed above, the addition is -çağız, -çeğiz).

Family forms of male first names, which are two-syllable (possibly shortened) and end in -o, are close to the pet forms. İbrahim becomes Ibo, Mehmet becomes Memo, Ali becomes Alo (because of the synchronicity with alo, German: Hello can be the starting point for puns), Hasan into Haso, Cemil into Cemo or Süleyman into Sülo. Numerous German rappers with roots in Turkey also use these nicknames as their stage names. Examples are the rappers Ufo361 , Eno , Fero47 , Azzi Memo and Mero , with the latter's nickname being formed from his last name.

Male first names and their meanings

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All given names with an asterisk (*) are both male and female, but are more common among the male gender.

Given names with two asterisks (**) belong to the first names that have a female equivalent. Only first names of Arabic origin have a female equivalent. The equivalent in Turkish usually comes from the suffix -e or -iye (as opposed to -a or -iya in Arabic).

First names with three asterisks (***) have an equivalent in German, which occurs mainly in biblical first names. The German equivalent of these first names is given here. It should be noted that these names do not necessarily refer to the biblical model, but to a historical person who, as a Muslim, used the Arabic form of a biblical name. The name Eyup is the Turkish Arabic form of the biblical Hebrew name Job , but it refers to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari

Table of contents A – Ç D – G H – K L – O Ö – S Ş – Ü V – Z

A – Ç

Surname	origin	meaning
Abbas	Arabic	An uncle of the Prophet Muhammad
Abdi (also pronounced "Apti")	Arabic	The servant
Abdulkadir	Arabic	The servant of the Almighty; also Abdülkadir
Abdülkerim	Arabic
Abdullah	Arabic	The servant of God
Abdurrahman	Arabic	The servant of the Merciful
Abdulbaki	Arabic	The servant of the abiding
Abdurrahim	Arabic	The Compassionate Servant
Acar *	Turkish	The brave; strong, combative
Adanır	Turkish	Famous, great
Adem ***	Hebrew	Adam
Adıvar	Turkish	Someone who has a name (<adı var (olan))
Adnan	Arabic	Two paradises
Adıgüzel *	Turkish	The one with a nice name
Adil **	Arabic	The fair
Afşar	Turkish	The Afshare
Ahmet	Arabic	The praiseworthy ( Elative of Hamd)
Akay	Turkish	White moon
Akbay	Turkish	An honest rich man
Akbulut	Turkish	White cloud
Akça	Turkish	(varying from :) whitish → pure
Akçam	Turkish
Akçay	Turkish
Akdağ	Turkish
Akdoğan	Turkish
Akgun	Turkish	The happy day; a beautiful day
Akif	Arabic
Akın	Turkish	The flood; the torrent
Akkan	Turkish
Akman	Turkish	Clean, white, beautiful person; Old human
Akpınar	Turkish	Pure source
Aksoy	Turkish
Aksu	Turkish	White water
Aktan	Turkish	The bright and shining morning
Aktaş	Turkish	White stone
Aktekin	Turkish	The shining and white prince
Aktuna	Turkish	A handsome, righteous person
Acturk	Turkish	A noble, sincere and immaculate Turk
Akyel	Turkish
Akyıldız	Turkish
Akyol	Turkish	Right way
Akyüz	Turkish	A sincere person who owns Namus and Şeref
Albayrak	Turkish	The flag of Turkey
Aldemir	Turkish	Iron when heated
Alemdar	Arabic / Persian	The standard bearer
Ali	Arabic	The Blessed One (name Ali ibn Abi Talibs )
Alican	Arabic / Persian	Exalted friend
Alıcı	Turkish	sensitive, soulful, sensitive
Alihan	Arabic / Persian	Great (high) ruler
Alişan	Arabic	The famous
Algin	Turkish	The lover; infatuated, bound, strong
Alkane	Turkish	Red like the blood
Alkım	Turkish	Rainbow
Alp	Turkish	The brave; brave, fearless
Alpaslan / Alparslan	Turkish	The brave lion
Alpay	Turkish	Brave, daring; brave, a hero
Alper	Turkish	The brave and heroic man
Alperen	Turkish	The brave and heroic man
Altan	Turkish	gold
Altay	Turkish	Under the moon
Altinsoy	Turkish
Altuğ	Turkish	Red staff
Anıl	Turkish	The memory
Anlı	Turkish	Famous
Macaws	Turkish
Arat	Turkish	Courage, boldness
Arda	Turkish	The leader
Arıca	Turkish
Arif	Arabic	The knower, the experienced
Arık	Turkish
Arıkan	Turkish	Pure blood, that is, of irreproachable parentage
Arslan	Turkish	The lion
Aşık	Arabic	The lover; sa Aşık
Aslan	Turkish	The lion
Aşkın	Turkish	The outstanding one; exceeding
Ata	Turkish	The ancestor
Ataç	Turkish
Atakan	Turkish	The ancestral blood
Atalay	Turkish
Ataman	Turkish	(Tribe) father, chief, leader
Atanur	Turkish / Persian	The glamorous ancestor
Atasoy	Turkish
Atay	Turkish
Ateş	Persian	Fire, zeal
Atıf	Arabic	The friendly one
Atılgan	Turkish	Active, sociable, enterprising
Atilla	Turkish	(see Attila)
Attila	Turkish	Name of the Hun ruler Attila , on the Gothic word for Father returned
Avcı	Turkish	Hunter
Avni	Arabic	Helpful
Avşar	Turkish	Variant of Afşar
Aydemir	Turkish	Bright as the moon and strong as iron
Aydın *	Turkish	The intellectual; educated, enlightened
Aydoğan	Turkish
Aydoğdu	Turkish
Ayhan	Turkish	The leader and son of the Oghuz
Ayık	Turkish
Aykaç	Turkish
Aykut	Turkish
Aytaç *	Turkish / Arabic	"Moon crown"
Aytuğ	Turkish
Ayvaz	Turkish
Azim	Arabic
Aziz **	Arabic

Surname	origin	meaning
Bahadir	Turkish	The brave; heroic
Bahattin	Arabic	The splendor of religion
Bahri	Arabic	"Belonging to the sea"
Barbaros	Italian	The red beard (Barbarossa), nickname of the Ottoman corsair and admiral Khair ad-Din Barbarossa
Baran	Turkish	The rain
Barış	Turkish	The unity; the peace
Basak	Turkish	Firm, solid, reliable; steadfast
Bazaar	Turkish
Basel	Turkish	Head (and) hand
Baser	Turkish	A very important person
Bastürk	Turkish	Head of the Turks
Batu	Turkish	loyal to
Batuhan	Turkish	The faithful ruler
Baturay	Turkish
Bayar	Turkish	Great, lofty, distinguished and noble person
Baydar	Turkish
Baykal	Turkish
Bayrak	Turkish	Flag, (Turkish) flag
Bayraktar	Turkish / Persian	Standard bearer
Bayram	Turkish	The party
Bayulken	Turkish	noble (courageous), elevated, sublime
Bedri	Arabic
Behçet	Arabic	joy
Behram	Persian
Bekir	Arabic	The newborn; virgin; the early riser
Advises	Arabic
Berk	Turkish	The strong; strong, hard; the Lightning
Berkan	Turkish	The shining, the shining
Berkant	Turkish
Berkay	Turkish
Berke	Turkish	Difficult
Berkel	Turkish	The strong hand
Berker	Turkish	The strong personality
Berki	Arabic	The flashing one; shining like lightning
Berkin	Turkish	Strong, strong, powerful
Besim	Arabic	Smiling
Bilal	Arabic	In memory of Bilal al-Habaschi , a companion of the Prophet Mohammed
Bilge *	Turkish	the wise (corresponding to the wise with female namesake) Name model is Bilge Khan .
Bilgiç	Turkish	A learned, well-read man (among others)
Bilgin	Turkish
Bilmen	Turkish	Learned, well-read, knowledgeable
Bircan	Turkish	The life; the soul
Birdal	Turkish	Helpful
Birkan	Turkish	From one source, one blood
Birol	Turkish	“Be the one!”; The unique one; "Be one!"
Bölükbaşı	Turkish	Squad Leader
Bora		Bora
Boyraz	Greek	North wind
Budak	Turkish
Bulent	Persian / Indian	The great; strong, sublime, powerful
Bulut	Turkish	cloud
Bumin	Turkish	The name of the founder of the Gök- Turk empire Bumin Khan
Bünyamin	Hebrew	Benjamin
Burak	Arabic	The legendary mount of Muhammad
Burhan	Arabic	The proof (of god)

Surname	origin	meaning
Cafer	Arabic
Cahit	Arabic
Can *	Persian	The life; the soul
Canberk	Persian / Turkish	Strong; with a stable personality
Candemir	Persian / Turkish	Can + Demir
Caner	Persian / Turkish	The soldier in body and soul
Cavit	Persian
Cebrail ***	Hebrew	The name of the angel Gabriel
Celâl	Arabic
Celil	Arabic	Great, mighty, sublime
Cem	Arabic	meeting
Cemal	Arabic	The beauty
Cemil **	Arabic	The beautiful
Cengiz	Turkish	"Dengiz": the sea (name of Genghis Khan )
Cenk	Turkish / Persian	The fight; the war
Cevahir	Arabic
Cevat	Arabic	The good; the beauty
Cevdet	Arabic	The maturity; big, flawless
Ceyhun
Cihan *	Persian	The world; the universe; the universe
Cihat	Arabic	The holy war
Coşkun	Turkish	The lively one; fiery, enthusiastic
Cuma	Arabic	Friday
Cüneyt	Arabic	The little soldier

Surname	origin	meaning
Çağatay	Turkish	The young horse; the name of the second son of Genghis Khan
Çağlar	Turkish	Excited; lively like a waterfall
Çağrı	Turkish	Request, call
Çakar	Turkish
Çakır	Turkish	Bluish
Çakmak	Turkish	Fire steel
Çalışkan	Turkish	The hardworking one
Çapar	Turkish
Çelik	Turkish	The Steel
Çetin	Turkish	The difficult one
Çetinkaya	Turkish
Çevik	Turkish	Nimble, agile, quick
Çiftçi	Turkish	Farmer
Çınar	Persian	plane
Çoban	Persian	Shepherd, shepherd
Çolak	Turkish	Person with a crippled arm or hand

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D-G

Surname	origin	meaning
Dağ	Turkish	mountain
Dağdelen	Turkish	The mountain piercing
Danyal ***	Hebrew	Daniel
Davut ***	Hebrew	David
Demir	Turkish	The iron
Demirağ	Turkish	Someone who is strong, strong
Demiray	Turkish	Someone who is strict and unyielding
Demirbaş	Turkish	The oldest
Demircan	Turkish / Persian	actually a double name, formed from Demir (= Timur) and Can
Demirel	Turkish
Demirer	Turkish
Demirhan	Turkish
Demirkan	Turkish	The iron blood
Demirtaş	Turkish
Deniz *	Turkish	Ocean
Thinks	Turkish
Derya *	Persian	The ocean; Ocean
Devin	Turkish	Movement, emotion
Devran	Arabic	The course of the world; the time; fate
Devrim	Turkish	The revolution
Dilaver	Persian	Brave, courageous
Diluting	Turkish
Dinçay	Turkish	The powerful moon
Dinçer	Turkish	The vigorous man
Dindar	Arabic / Persian	Pious, religious
Dogan	Turkish	The Hawk
Dogay	Turkish	Request: moon appear!
Dogu	Turkish	east
Doguş	Turkish	The birth; the rise (e.g. the sun)
Donmez	Turkish
Doruk	Turkish	Summit; Climax
Duman	Turkish	Smoke, fog
Dündar	Arabic / Persian	see Dindar
Durmuş	Turkish	The survivor; the steadfast
Dursun	Turkish	Have a long life for him

Surname	origin	meaning
Edhem	Arabic
Edip		Writer, scholar
Ediz	Turkish	The sublime; high
Ivy	Turkish	West Anatolian Warrior; Turkish freedom fighter
Egemen	Turkish	Dominant, dominant; Ruler
Ekinci	Turkish	Farmer, farmer
Ekmel	Arabic	perfectly
Ekrem	Arabic	The generous one; gentle
Eldem	Turkish
Elçi	Turkish
Elçin	Turkish
Emin	Arabic	The fearless one; someone who has confidence
emir	Arabic
Emircan	Turkish
Emirhan	Turkish
Emrah	Arabic
Emre	Turkish	The comrade; melancholy, in love (one of the epithets of the poet Yunus )
Emrullah	Arabic	The command of Allah
Enes	Arabic	Kindness, benevolence
Enis , Eniz	Arabic	Trusted friend
Engin	Turkish	The expanse; infinite, low; the open sea
Enver	Arabic
Eralp	Turkish	A brave man
Eray	Turkish
Eraydın	Turkish	An educated person
Erbay	Turkish	Viewed; rich
Erbil	Turkish	The name of the city of Erbil (The area in which Erbil is located is home to a Turkic-speaking minority and was a matter of dispute between Turkey and the British mandate of Iraq until 1925.)
Ercan	Turkish / Persian	The brave; brave, alive
Erçetin	Turkish
Ercüment	Persian
Erdal	Turkish	The teenager
Erdem	Turkish	The virtue
Earth	Turkish	Untouched, unsullied
Erdi	Turkish
Erdil	Turkish / Persian	Courageous, brave, fearless, determined
Erdinç	Turkish	Powerful person
Erdoğan	Turkish	The brave, actually: "man-falcon"
Eren *	Turkish	Someone who is dedicated to God; the brave hero; the one who achieves the goal; the purpose
Ergin	Turkish
Ergun	Mongolian	Quick, quick; nimble, agile (among others)
Ergün	Turkish	A docile person
Erhan	Turkish	The hero; the leader
Erkal	Turkish
Erkan	Turkish	The heroic blood
Erkin	Turkish	Independent, free
Erkmen	Turkish	Strong, vigorous, powerful; impressively
Explore	Turkish
Erman	Turkish	the heroic and brave man
Eroğlu	Turkish	Son of the brave
Erol	Turkish	"Be a man!"
Ersan	Turkish
Ersel	Turkish
Ersin	Turkish	"You are a heroic man" (hero, soldier, experienced)
Ersoy	Turkish	coming from a family of heroes
Ersun	Turkish
Ertan	Turkish	Sunrise, early morning hour
Ertekin	Turkish
Harvest	Turkish
Ertuğrul	Turkish	The sincere one; the heroic (name of the father of Osman I. ), actually: "man-hawk"
Turk	Turkish	A brave Turk
Eryılmaz	Turkish
Esat	Arabic	lion
Eşref	Arabic	A very proud or very honorable man
Ethem	Arabic
Evren	Turkish	The universe; the universe
Evrim *	Turkish	The evolution
Eymen	Arabic
Eyup ***	Arabic	Job; the name is given in memory of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari , a companion of the Prophet Mohammed , who died during the first siege of Constantinople (674-678) and whose grave is in the Istanbul district of the same name .

Surname	origin	meaning
Fahrettin	Arabic	The glory of religion
Fahri **	Arabic	Honorable
Faruk	Arabic	Who knows the truth (nickname of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Chattab )
Fatih	Arabic	The Conqueror
Faysal	Arabic	The judge or arbitrator
Facil	Arabic	Virtuous, morally stable
Fehmi	Arabic	Related to the understanding
Ferdi **	Arabic	The unique one; individually
Ferhat	Arabic
Feridun	Persian	Unique (among others)
Ferit	Arabic	The unique, the unique
Fethi	Arabic	The conquest
Fethullah	Arabic	Conquering God
Fevzi	Arabic
Fikret	Arabic	The thought
Fikri	Arabic	Educated, smart
Fırat	Arabic	Turkish name for the Euphrates
Fuat	Arabic	The heart
Furkan	Arabic	proof

Surname	origin	meaning
Galip	Arabic	The winner; victorious, superior
Genç	Turkish	Young, youthful
Gençalp / Gencalp	Turkish	A young hero
Gençer / Gencer	Turkish	The young man
Giray	Mongolian
Gökalp	Turkish	The brave one with blue eyes; the conqueror of heaven
Gokay	Turkish	The sky and the moon
Gokcan	Turkish / Persian	The blue-eyed one
Gokce	Turkish
Gokcen	Turkish	Someone who is beautiful (handsome, nice, pleasant)
Gökdemir	Turkish	Someone who is naive and strong
Gokdeniz	Turkish	The sky and the sea
Goeker	Turkish	The blue-eyed one
Gokhan	Turkish	The god of heaven ( according to ancient Turkish belief ); the ruler of heaven
Göksel	Turkish	heavenly, "heavenly flood"
Göksu	Turkish	Blue Water
Goktan	Turkish	The sunrise; the rising sun in the sky
Göktürk	Turkish	Gök Turk
Gorkem	Turkish	The shine; the glory
Güçlü	Turkish	Strong, vigorous; powerful
Gültekin	Turkish	The name model is the old Turkish general and statesman Kül Tigin ; folk etymology as "rose prince interpreted"
Gümüş	Turkish	silver
Günal	Turkish
Gündoğan	Turkish	The dawning day
Gündüz	Turkish	The day
Güner	Turkish	Time of dawn
Güneş	Turkish	Sun
Güney	Turkish	The South
Güngör	Turkish
Gür	Turkish
Guray	Turkish
Gürbüz	Turkish
Gurcan	Turkish / Persian	"Rich in Life"; powerful, vital
Gürdal	Turkish
Gurhan	Turkish
Gurkan	Turkish, possibly Mongolian	"Living, full-blooded person" (?)
Gürsel	Turkish / Arabic
Güven	Turkish	Trust; courage
Güvenç	Turkish

H-K

Surname	origin	meaning
Hakan	Turkish	The ruler / the warlord
Hakkı	Arabic	The fair; the good
Halil **	Arabic	The boyfriend
Halim	Arabic	The indulgent
Halis **	Arabic	Really, pure
Halite	Arabic	Someone who lives a long time
Haluk	Arabic	The human; good-natured, well-behaved
Hamdi	Arabic	The praising, the thankful
Hamit	Arabic	The commendable one
Hanefi	Arabic	Hanefite
Harun ***	Hebrew	Aaron
Hasan	Arabic	The very good and beautiful (name of the grandson of the prophet )
Haşim	Arabic
Hayati	Arabic
Haydar	Arabic	lion
Hayrettin	Arabic	Blessed One of Faith
Hayri	Arabic
Heper	Turkish
Hidayet	Arabic	Good muslim
Hikmet	Arabic	wisdom
Hilmi	Arabic	A kind, amiable, good-natured man
Himmet	Arabic	Diligence; the zeal; the endurance; patience; the effort
Hulusi	Arabic	Sincere, cordial
Hüsamettin	Arabic	The sword of religion (of Islam)
Huseyin	Arabic	Little Hasan
Hüsnü	Arabic	freely translated "Schöngeist"

Surname	origin	meaning
Işık *	Turkish	The light

Surname	origin	meaning
İbrahim ***	Hebrew	Abraham
İhsan	Arabic	Benefit, favor
İlhami	Arabic	The inspiring one
İlhan *	Turkish	The glory of the Mongol rulers
İlkan	Turkish
İlkay	Turkish	The new moon; the first moon
İlker	Turkish	The first man and soldier
Older	Turkish	Who loves and protects his homeland ( Patriot )
İlteriş	Turkish	The name of the re- erector of the Gök-Turk empire Eltäriş Khan
İlyas ***	Hebrew	Elias
İnan	Turkish	The belief
İnanç	Turkish
İnce	Turkish	Slim (and wide. Meanings)
İrfan	Arabic	Knowledge, wisdom
İsa ***	Hebrew	Jesus
İşcan	Turkish / Persian
İshak ***	Hebrew	Isaac
İskender ***	greek / arabic	Alexander
İsmail ***	Hebrew	Ishmael , "God hears you"
İsmet	Arabic	The purity
İstemi	Turkish	The name of the Gök- Turk ruler Iştämi Khan
İzzet	Arabic	The honor

Surname	origin	meaning
Kaan	Turkish	Ruler, commander, emperor
Kadir	Arabic	The strong one; mighty, proud; the honor; the value
Kadri	Arabic	The value, of value
Kağan	Turkish	The ruler; the emperor ; the great khan (khagan)
Kahraman	Persian	hero
Kalkan	Turkish	The shield; the protector
Kamber	Arabic	The faithful friend; the faithful servant
Kamil	Arabic	The perfect one; the decent one
Chaplain	Turkish	tiger
Kara	Turkish	Brave, courageous (literally: black, dark)
Karabulut	Turkish	Dark cloud
Karadeniz	Turkish	Black Sea
Karaduman	Turkish	Black smoke
Karakaş	Turkish	Black eyebrows
Karakoç	Turkish	Black mutton
Karan	Turkish	Heroic, courageous, brave
Karataş	Turkish	Black stone
Kartal	Turkish	Eagle
Kaya	Turkish	The rock
Kayhan		The strong and powerful ruler
Kaynak	Turkish	source
Kâzım	Arabic
Keleş	Turkish
Kemal	Arabic	The perfect one
Kemalettin	Arabic	Perfection of faith
Kenan	Hebrew	The land of Canaan; Canaan ; Palestine
Kent	Sogdian	City or provincial town
Kerem	Arabic	The nobility
Kerim **	Arabic	The generous one (among others)
Keskin	Turkish	sharp, hard, strict
Kılıç	Turkish	sword
Kıraç	Turkish
Kıvanç	Turkish	The pride
Koç	Turkish	The ram
Kocabey	Turkish
Koçak	Turkish
Koçer	Turkish
Köken	Turkish
Köksal	Turkish
Kolat	Turkish	Be helpful!
Konuk	Turkish	guest
Koray	Turkish	Fiery, alive
Korhan	Turkish	The ruler of fire, the fiery / living ruler
Corkmaz	Turkish	The fearless one
Köse	Turkish
Kubat	Turkish
Kubilay	Mongolian	Name of the Khubilai Khan
Kürşat	Turkish	The brave, the hero
Kurtcebe	Turkish / Mongolian
Kurtuluş	Turkish	The Liberation

L-O

Surname	origin	meaning
Lâçin	Turkish	A type of falcon; steep, difficult
Levent	Persian	The world; the existence
Levin	Arabic	Colour; character
Lütfi **	Arabic	Goodness, beauty

Surname	origin	meaning
Mahir	Arabic	Skilled, experienced, suitable
Mahmut	Arabic	The praised one
Malik	Arabic
Mazhar	Arabic	Dear, dear
Mazlum	Arabic	Quiet, calm, mild, gentle; also: suppressed
Mehmet	Arabic	Turkish form of the name Mohammed
Melih	Arabic	Beautiful, graceful, friendly, amiable
Memduh	Arabic
Memiş	Turkish
Mert	Persian	The male; brave
Mertcan	Persian	Mert + Can
Mesut	Arabic	Happy, happy
Mete	Turkish	Name of the Chanyus (title of ruler) of the Great Hunnic Empire Mete Khan
Metehan	Turkish	see. Mete
Metin	Arabic	The steadfast one
Mevlüt , also Mevlit	Arabic
Midhat	Arabic	The praise (also mithat )
Mihri	Persian	Related to the sun
Mikail ***	Hebrew	Name of the Archangel Michael
Miraç	Arabic	Ascension of Muhammad
Mithat	Arabic	The praise (also midhat )
Muammer	Arabic
Mücahit	Arabic	Faith fighter
Muhammet	Arabic	Form of the name Mohammed
Muharrem	Arabic
Muhittin	Arabic	The one who makes religion stronger
Muhlis	Arabic	Sincere, warm, genuine
Muhsin	Arabic	Charitable
Müjdat	Persian / Arabic	Good, happy news
Mümin **	Arabic	The believer
Münir **	Arabic
Murat	Arabic	The desired one
Murathan	Arabic / Turkish	Murat and han , in memory of the Ottoman sultans with the name Murad, namely Murad I.
Musa ***	Hebrew	Moses
Cereal	Arabic	The Muslim
Mustafa	Arabic	The chosen one
Mutlu	Turkish	Happy
Muzaffer	Arabic	Winner, victorious

Surname	origin	meaning
Naci	Arabic	Saved, set free; someone who will enter paradise
Nadir**	Arabic	The rare one
Nahit *	Persian	"Young bloom"
Naim	Arabic	peaceful, calm; informal
Namık	Arabic	The writer
Nasri	Arabic
Nazif	Arabic	clean, pure; decent, correct
Nazım	Arabic
Nazmi	Arabic	Who deals with poetry
Necati	Arabic	Concerning freedom
Necdet	Arabic	Courage, strength
Necip	Arabic
Necmettin	Arabic
Necmi	Arabic
Nedim	Arabic	Trusted friend
Neşet	Arabic
Nevzat	Persian
Nezih	Arabic
Nihat	Persian	The temperament; the character
Niyazi	Persian
Nizamettin	Arabic	Who obeys the commandments of religion
Noyan	Mongolian	Commander in chief, leader, sir
Nuh	Hebrew	Noah
Numan	Arabic
Nurdoğan	Arabic / Turkish	Light hawk
Nurettin	Arabic	The light of religion
Nuri	Arabic	Bright; enlightened
Nurullah	Arabic	Light of Allah
Nusret	Arabic	Help; Success, superiority

Surname	origin	meaning
Oğulcan	Turkish / Persian	A very beloved child (son)
Ogun	Turkish	Someone born on a specific day. (The name was increasingly given to children who were born on the day Ataturk died .)
Oğuz	Turkish	The pure and well-made; stable, strong
Oğuzhan	Turkish	The heroic, brave and strong ruler (name of the legendary Oghus Khan )
Okan	Turkish	understanding
Okatan	Turkish
OK	Turkish	The arrow moon
Octay	Turkish	Composed of Ok : Arrow and Tay : Foal
Okur	Turkish
Okyar	Turkish / Persian	Rain; faithful friend
Okyay	Turkish	Fast as an arrow and strong as a bow
Olcay	Mongolian	Happiness; the lucky guy
Onar	Turkish
Onay	Turkish
Onur	Turkish	The honor ; the dignity
Onurcan	French / Persian	Onur + Can
Oran	Turkish	Extent, proportion
Orhan / hurricane	Turkish	The city administrator; the magistrate
Orhun / Orkun	Turkish
Osman	Arabic	Osman I. was the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Ozan	Turkish	The poet; the poet

Ö – S

Surname	origin	meaning
Ocal	Turkish	"Take revenge !"
Octem	Turkish	Strong; honorable
Ölmez	Turkish	Immortal, immortal
Ömer	Arabic	The Turkish form of Umar
Ömür	Arabic	Life, the lifespan
Önal	Turkish
Önder	Turkish	The Guide; Leader, leader, chairman
Öner	Turkish
Örnek	Turkish	Example, role model, model
Ötüken	Turkish
Oymens	Turkish	A domestic person
Özal	Turkish
Ozay	Turkish	Whose essence is as pure as the moon
Özbek	Turkish	Uzbek
Özberk	Turkish
Ozbey	Turkish
Özbir	Turkish
Ozcan	Turkish	"Physical soul"
Özçelik	Turkish
Ozdal	Turkish
Ozdemir	Turkish	Real iron
Özden	Turkish
Ozdil	Turkish / Persian	Warm, heartfelt, sincere friends
Özdoğan	Turkish	A true brother
Özek	Turkish
Özel	Turkish
Özen	Turkish
Özer	Turkish	The real soldier
Özgür	Turkish	The free, the independent
Ozhan	Turkish	someone from the royal family
Özkan	Turkish	The pure and real blood
Özkaya	Turkish
Özkök	Turkish
Özlü	Turkish	Real, essential, really
Ozmen	Turkish
Özmert	Turkish / Persian	Someone who is truly generous
Özoğuz	Turkish	A real hero
Özsoy	Turkish
Öztekin	Turkish	The unique one
Öztürk	Turkish	The real Turk, a thoroughbred Turk

Surname	origin	meaning
Pars	Persian	The Panther; skillful, stormy, impulsive
Polat	Persian
Poyraz	Greek	North (east) wind

Surname	origin	meaning
Rafet	Arabic	Mercy, compassion
Ragıp	Arabic
Rahim	Arabic	merciful
Rahmi	Arabic
Ramazan	Arabic	The hot month ( Ramadan )
Rasim	Arabic	painter
Raşit	Arabic	True believer
Up	Arabic	Happy, joyful day
Recai	Arabic
Recep	Arabic	The respect; handsome; a month name of the Islamic calendar
Refik	Arabic	fellow
Rehab	Persian	Salvation, redemption
Remzi	Arabic
Reşat	Arabic	Taking the right path
Resit	Arabic	Ripe; mature
Rıdvan	Arabic	Satisfaction; an angel who guards the gate to heaven: "Guardian of Paradise"
Rıfat	Arabic	Grandeur - also Rifat
Rıza	Arabic	satisfaction
Armor	Persian	the Turkish form of the name Rostam
Rüştü	Arabic	Rightly guided

Surname	origin	meaning
Sabahattin / Sebahattin	Arabic	Morning of religion
Sabri	Arabic	The patience
Sadi	Arabic
Safa	Arabic	Name of a mountain near Mecca
Saffet	Arabic
Sağlam	Turkish	stable, firm
String	Arabic
Sakıp	Arabic	Bright, shiny, radiant; outstanding
Salih	Arabic	The pious one
Samet	Arabic	The independent
Sami	Arabic	Superscript, noble (courageous), sublime
Samir	Arabic	The beautiful; prince
Sancar	Turkish	The winner
Sarıkaya	Turkish	Strong (strong) and blond
Savas	Turkish	The war
Sayan	Turkish
Saygın	Turkish	Viewed; also Saygun
Sayın	Turkish
Sazak	Turkish
Seçkin *	Turkish	The chosen one; the distinguished
Sedat	Arabic	The righteous
Sefa	Arabic
Sefer	Arabic	The trip; the war
Selahattin	Arabic	The well-being of religion (Turkish form of Saladin )
Selçuk	Turkish	Regarding Seljuks
Selek	Turkish
Selim **	Arabic	The well-kept (Turkish form of Salim )
Selman	Arabic	Salman
Selva	Arabic
Semavi	Arabic
Semih	Arabic	The bountiful one; generous
Semir	Arabic
Sena	Arabic
Senol	Turkish
Serdal	Turkish / Persian	The leader, the important one
Serdar	Persian / Kurdish	The commander, the commander
Serhat	Persian / Arabic
Sercan	Persian
Serkan	Persian / Turkish	The noble blood; the Chairman; the chief
Sertan	Turkish
Servet	Arabic	Fortune, prosperity, (great) wealth
Seyfettin	Arabic	The sword of religion
Seyfullah	Arabic	The sword of god
Seyhan	Arabic
Sezai	Persian	Suitable, suitable
Sezer	Turkish	The understanding, sensitive one
Sezgin	Turkish	Sensitive
Sinan	Arabic	The spearhead
Sırrı	Arabic
Soner	Turkish
Sonmez	Turkish	The non-outgoing (reference to e.g. candle goes out)
Soykan	Turkish
Soylu	Turkish	Noble, noble, sublime
Soysal	Turkish	Cultivated, civilized
Sözen	Turkish
Sözer	Turkish
Suat	Arabic	Happy
Sükan	Turkish	Vigorous, strong, powerful; brave, a hero
Suleyman ***	Hebrew	Solomon
Sumer	Turkish (?)

Ş – Ü

Surname	origin	meaning
Şaban	Arabic	Eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar ; the distance
Şadi	Persian
Şafak	Arabic	Dawn
Looked at	Persian	Variant of Şahin
Şahin	Persian	The Hawk
Şakir	Arabic	The thank you
Şanlı	Turkish
Şayan	Persian
Şen	Turkish	happy, cheerful, funny
Şener	Turkish
Şenol	Turkish
Şerafettin	Arabic
Şeref		Honor, reputation, respect; see. Şeref
Serif	Arabic
Şevket	Arabic	The magnanimous one; the sublime
Şimşek	Turkish	lightning
Şükrü	Arabic

Surname	origin	meaning
Taha	Arabic	(Meaning controversial)
Tahir	Arabic	Real, pure, chaste, strict
Tahsin	Arabic	Embellishment, improvement
Talha	Arabic
Tamer	Arabic / Turkish	The respected one
Tan	Turkish	The sunrise
Taner	Turkish	The soldier and man in the sunrise
Tanju	Turkish	Title given by the Chinese to Turkish rulers
Tanrıkulu	Turkish	Turkicization of Abdullah (Servant of God)
Tarık	Arabic	The morning star; the companion, and other meanings
Tarik	Arabic
Tarkan (also Tarhan )	Turkish	The deputy; the vizier; noble, honorable; Blacksmith
Taşdemir	Turkish
Taşkın	Turkish
Taşkıran	Turkish	Stone crusher
Tayfun	English	Typhoon (Engl. Typhoon )
Tayfur	Arabic
Taylan	Turkish	Strong growth
Teber	Persian
Tekin	Turkish	The reliable one
Temel	Greek	Foundation, foundation
Teoman	Turkish	Derived from T'ou-man , a ruler of the Huns
Tevfik **	Arabic
Teymur	Turkish	iron
Tezcan	Persian	Impatient; excited
Tezel	Persian / Turkish	Clever, agile
Timur	Turkish	Name of the Central Asian ruler Timur (Eastern Turkish form of the Turkish Demir , which means the iron; which means iron )
Timuçin	Turkish	The iron smith (birth name Genghis Khan )
Tınaz	Turkish	Piles of grass, hay or straw
Tok	Turkish
Tolga	Turkish	The iron helmet
Tolgahan	Turkish
Tolgay	Turkish	Environment, surroundings
Toprak	Turkish	ground
Topuz	Turkish
Toraman	Turkish	Powerful person
Torun	Turkish	grandson
Tosun	Turkish	Healthy, stocky
Tufan	Arabic	"Flood"
Tugay	Turkish	The brigade
Tumults	Turkish	The right man
Tuna	Turkish	Magnificent, stately; Danube
Tunahan	Turkish
Tunay	Turkish
Tunç	Turkish	The bronze
Tuncay	Turkish	"Bronze Moon"
Tunçay	Turkish	s. Tuncay
Tuncel	Turkish
Tuncer	Turkish	Strong, like a bronze
Turan	Turkish
Door	Turkish	Regarding the right (law)
Turgay	Turkish	The skylark
Turgut	Turkish	The place of residence; the apartment
Turhan	Turkish
Turk	Turkish	The brave Turk
Turkkan	Turkish	Of Turkish descent
Turkmen	Turkish
Türkyılmaz	Turkish	A Turk cannot be intimidated.
Tuzemen	Turkish
Tuzmen	Turkish	Tuzemen

Surname	origin	meaning
Uçar	Turkish
Ufuk	Arabic	The horizon
Ugur	Turkish	The sign; the Omen; happiness
Ugurcan	Turkish / Persian	Bringing luck, well guessed
Uluç	Turkish	Respected, respected
Ulusoy	Turkish	Impeccable parentage
Ulvi **	Arabic	The sublime; high, belonging to the sky region
Umut	Turkish	The hope
Ural	Turkish
Uraz	Turkish	Fate, chance, luck
Uslu	Turkish	Sensible, kind, good
Usta	Persian	Master; masterful, experienced
Utku	Turkish	victory
Uygar	Turkish	Civilized, cultured
Uygun	Turkish	Suitable, suitable, inexpensive
Uygur	Turkish	Uyghur
Uysal	Turkish	peaceful, gentle, harmonious
Uzay	Turkish	The universe; the universe

Surname	origin	meaning
Ümit	Persian	The hope
Unal	Turkish	"Gather fame!"
Üner	Turkish	A well-known, famous person
Ünlü	Turkish	Well known, famous
Ünsal	Turkish
Unver	Turkish

V-Z

Surname	origin	meaning
Vahit	Arabic	Unique, unique, individual
Vardar	Turkish
Varol	Turkish	begin to live
Vedat	Arabic	The love and friendship
Vehbi	Arabic	The gift of God
Veli	Arabic
Veysel	Arabic	wolf
Volkan	French	The volcano
Vural	Turkish	"Hit and take!", "Assert yourself!"

Surname	origin	meaning
Yahya ***	Hebrew	"The Lord is gracious" ( John )
Yakup ***	Hebrew / Arabic	Jacob
Yamaç	Turkish	Side, slope (of a mountain)
Yakut	Arabic	The ruby
Yalçın	Turkish	steep, vertical, straight; also: shiny
Yaman	Turkish
Yanar	Turkish	burning, flammable
Yanık	Turkish	Burned; also: sensitive, soulful
Yasar	Turkish	will live
Yasin	Arabic	Introductory Letters of the Koranic Surah Yasin (36: 1)
Yavaş	Turkish	Slowly; calm, gentle
Yavuz	Turkish	The honest one; trustworthy, brave, brave, strict (epithet of Selim I. )
Yazar	Turkish
Yekta	Persian	Unique, extraordinary, incomparable
Yener	Turkish
Yiğit	Turkish	hero
Yiğitcan	Turkish / Persian
Yıldıray	Turkish	Shiny, shining (like the moon)
Yıldırım	Turkish	lightning
Yılmaz	Turkish	The fearless one; fearless
Yolcu	Turkish	Traveler, passenger
Yörük	Turkish	nomad
Yuce	Turkish	High; sublime
Yücel	Turkish	High; sublime
Yüksel	Turkish
Yunus ***	Arabic	Jonas (Hebrew: the dove); in Turk. also: dolphin
Yusuf ***	Hebrew	Joseph

Surname	origin	meaning
Zafer	Arabic	The victory; the triumph
Zekeriya ***	Arabic	Zacharias
Zeki	Arabic	The bright one; the witty and wise
Zengin	Persian	The rich
Ziya	Arabic	Splendor, splendor, size
Zorlu	Turkish	The difficult one

Female first names and their meanings

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• All given names with an asterisk (*) are both male and female first names, but are more common among the female gender.
• Given names with two asterisks (**) belong to the first names that are derived from the male equivalent of the name. Their meaning is indicated under their male counterpart.
• First names marked with three stars (***) have an equivalent in German and are mostly biblical names.

Table of contents A – Ç D – G H – J K – N O – R S – U Ü – Z

A – Ç

Surname	origin	meaning
Açelya	Turkish	Azalea (a type of flower)
Adalet	Arabic	Justice
Adile **	Arabic	The righteous
Adviye	Arabic	The goodness; the helpfulness
Afet	Arabic	The beauty
Afife	Arabic	The honorable one
Afitap	Persian	The warmth of the sun
Ahu	Turkish	The gazelle; the deer (beautiful girl)
Ak	Turkish	White; immaculate, pure
Akay	Turkish	Shining moon
Akgül	Turkish / Persian	White Rose
Alev	Turkish	The flame
Aleyna	Arabic
Alime	Arabic	wise woman
Almıla	Turkish	The red apple
Arife	Arabic
Arzu	Persian	The desire
Asel	Turkish	The sweet one, honey
Asena	Turkish	The name of the legendary she-wolf ( Asena legend ); the noble family of Göktürkischen rulers
Aslı	Turkish	The sincere one
Aybike	Turkish	"Untouched and pretty like the moon"
Aybüke	Turkish
Ayça	Turkish	New moon; Crescent moon; "little moon"
Ayçiçek	Turkish	"Shining like the moon"; "Beautiful as a flower"
Aydan	Turkish	Glorious and beautiful like the moon
Aygul	Turkish
Aygun	Turkish
Ayla	Turkish	"With the moon"
Aylin	Turkish	A minor form of Ayla
Aynur	Turkish / Arabic	The moonlight
Aysan	Turkish
Aysel	Turkish	"Shining like the moon"
Ayşe	Arabic	The lively one (goes back to Aischa bint Abi Bakr )
Ayşegül	Arabic / Persian
Ayşen	Turkish	Beautiful as the moon, shining and blessed
Ayşenur	Arabic	Ayşe + Nur
Aysun	Turkish
Ayten	Turkish / Persian	"Luminous skin" (like the moon)
Ayzıt	Turkish	Old Turkish goddess of beauty, childbirth and integrity
Azize **	Arabic
Azra	Arabic	The Virgin; untrodden sand (name of the city of Medina)

Surname	origin	meaning
Bahar	Persian	The spring; the youth; the beginning
Bahriye	Arabic
Banu	Persian	The Lady; the princess; the bride
Basak	Turkish	The ear of wheat ; Virgo (zodiac)
Begüm	Turkish	Honorable woman
Behice	Arabic
Behiye	Arabic	The attractive and beautiful woman
Belgin	Turkish	cheerful, bright; clear, clear
Bengi	Turkish	Forever
Bengü	Turkish	the Infinity
Berivan	Kurdish
Betül	Arabic
Beyza	Turkish
Bircan	Turkish / Persian	"A soul"
Bircihan	Turkish / Persian	"One World"
Birgül	Turkish / Persian	"A rose"
Birnur	Turkish / Arabic	"A Saint"; "A beautiful"
Birsen	Turkish	"Only you"
Bouquet	French	The flowery one
Burcu	Turkish	The beautiful scent
Busra	Arabic	The good news

Surname	origin	meaning
Canan	Persian	The beloved
Candan	Persian / Turkish
Cansel	Persian / Arabic	Exuberant person
Cansu	Persian / Turkish	The elixir of life
Cemile **	Arabic	The beautiful
Cemre	Arabic
Cennet	Arabic	The paradise
Ceren	Mongolian	Young gazelle
Ceyda	Arabic	beautiful and tall
Ceylan	Mongolian	The gazelle

Surname	origin	meaning
Çağla	Turkish
Çağrı *	Turkish	The invitation; The call
Çiçek	Turkish	The flower, the blossom
Çiğdem	Turkish	Name of different plants

D-G

Surname	origin	meaning
Damla	Turkish	The drop
Derya	Persian	The sea, the ocean
Defne	Greek	The laurel tree, Greek Daphne (Δάφνη)
Didem	Turkish	The eye
Dilan	Kurdish	My heart or my soul
Dilara	Persian	That rejoicing the heart
Dilek	Turkish	The desire
Duru	Turkish	The pure
Duygu	Turkish	The feeling; the feeling; the meaning

Surname	origin	meaning
Ebru	Persian	Marbled paper
Ece *	Turkish	The Queen; the ruler; A woman who stands out positively towards her conspecifics
Ecrin *	Arabic	wage
Eda	Persian	The beauty; the coquetry
Ekin	Turkish
Elanur	Turkish
Elif	Arabic	Slim like the Alif
Elmas	Greek	The diamond
Elvan	Arabic	Multi-colored, colorful
Emel	Arabic	The desire; the hope; the goal
Emine	Arabic	The reliable one; trustworthy ( Amina )
Emriye	Arabic
Eat	Turkish	Healthy, unharmed
Esin	Turkish	The morning wind; the inspiration
Esma	Arabic	The name
Esra	Arabic	The faster / fastest
Evin	Turkish / Kurdish	The inner; the core; the lover
Evrim	Turkish	evolution
Ezgi	Turkish	The melody

Surname	origin	meaning
Fahriye **	Arabic
Fatma	Arabic	"Those who wean themselves"
Fatoş	Arabic	Diminutive to Fatma
Feride	Turkish
Feyza	Arabic
Fidan	Greek	The offspring
Filiz	Greek	The bud; rising sprout of a flower (< Phyllis (Φυλλίς))
Funda	Greek	Heather (herb)
Füsun	Persian	The magic

Surname	origin	meaning
Gamze	Arabic	The dimple
Gaye	Arabic	The desire, the goal
Gizem	Turkish	The secret; the mystery
Gok	Turkish	The sky
Gönül	Turkish	The heart (metaphor)
Gozde	Turkish	popular, valued, favorite
Gül	Persian	The Rose
Gülay	Persian / Turkish	"Rose moon"
Gulbahar	Persian
Gülcan	Persian	"Rose soul"
Gold	Turkish
Gulen	Turkish	The smiling one
Guler	Turkish	The happy; the laughing one
Gülistan	Persian	rose Garden
Gülşen	Persian / Turkish	Rose garden (outdated term)
Gülsüm		(<Ümmügülsüm)
Valid	Persian / French	with rose-colored complexion
Gunay	Turkish	"Sun Moon"; Sun and moon
Günaydın	Turkish	"The day is bright"; meaning "good morning"
Gürel	Turkish
Güzel	Turkish	The beauty; nice, pretty
Güzin	Persian	Exquisite, excellent

H-J

Surname	origin	meaning
Habibe	Arabic	The beautiful, pretty "rosy" face
Halide	Arabic
Hamide	Arabic
Handan	Persian	The laughing one; the smiling and lovely face
Hands	Persian	The smile
Hasibe	Arabic
Hasret	Arabic	The longing
Hatice	Arabic	Hadidja
Hava, Havva ***	Hebrew	Eve
Hayrünnisa	Arabic
Hazan	Persian	The autumn
Helin	Kurdish	The bird's nest, home
Hicret	Arabic	emigration
Hilal	Arabic	The crescent moon
Hira	Arabic
Hülya	Arabic	Daydream, waking dream
Humeyra, Meyra	Turkish

Surname	origin	meaning
Irmak	Turkish	The river; The current
Itır	Arabic	The fragrance; the smell; the aroma; the geranium

Surname	origin	meaning
İdil	Turkish
İlayda	Turkish	The water fairy
İlknur	Turkish / Arabic	The first light
İnci	Turkish	The Pearl
İpek	Turkish	Silk
İrem	Arabic	The garden in heaven

Surname	origin	meaning
Jale	Persian	The dew
Julide	Persian

K-N

Surname	origin	meaning
Squad	Arabic	Fate
Kadriye	Arabic
Karaca	Turkish	The deer
Kardelen	Turkish	The Snowdrop
Kayra	Turkish
Kezban	Persian	The Head; the loyalty
Kıvılcım	Turkish	The spark
Kübra	Arabic	The largest; the sublime

Surname	origin	meaning
Lale	Persian	The tulip
Leyla	Arabic	The night (main female character in " Leila and Majnun ")
Lütfiye	Arabic	Quality; beauty

Surname	origin	meaning
Melda	Arabic	very young
Melek	Arabic	The angel
Meliha	Arabic
Melike	Arabic	Queen, ruler
Melis , Melissa , Melisa	Greek	The honey bee
Meltem	Turkish	Cool, gentle wind
Menekşe	Persian	The violet
Meral	Mongolian	The deer
Mercan	Arabic	coral
Meriç	Turkish
Merve	Arabic	Name of a mountain near Mecca
Meryem ***	Hebrew	Mary ; Miriam
Mehtap	Persian	The moonlight
Bug	French	Lily of the valley (< muguet )
Mukadder	Arabic	Appreciated

Surname	origin	meaning
Nadire **	Arabic	The rare one
Nahide	Arabic / Persian
Nazan	Persian	Sweet
Nazlı	Persian / Turkish	Coquettish; spoiled
Nebahat	Arabic	Fame, fame, honor (nobility)
Necla	Arabic	The child
Nehir	Arabic	flow
Nergis	Persian	Daffodil flower
Neslihan	Turkish / Arabic / Persian	Those from the ruling sex and tribe
Neşe	Arabic	The happiness
Nesrin	Persian	A wild rose
Nevin	Persian	The newest)
Nezihe	Arabic	The beautiful; pure, innocent
Nihal	Persian
Nile	Persian	The river Nile ; the color blue
Nilay	Turkish / Persian	the magnificent moon
Nilgün	Persian	dark blue
Nilhan	Turkish / Persian	The queen of the Nile, the blue queen
Nilüfer	Persian	The water lily; the water lily
Nimet	Turkish	present of God
Nisa	Arabic	The women
Nuray	Arabic / Turkish	Moonlight
Just	Arabic	Light; usually in combination with another female first name (e.g. Beyzanur / Beyza-Nur / Beyza Nur), possible with any female Turkish first name
Nurhan	Arabic / Turkish	The beautiful ruler
Nuriye	Arabic	The beautiful
Nursel	Turkish	The shine
Nurşen	Turkish / Arabic	The glamorous joy and serenity
Nurten	Persian / Arabic	Those with fair and shiny skin

O-R

Surname	origin	meaning
Oya	Turkish	The crochet lace; the decorative lace
Orcids	French	The orchid
Olcay	Mongolian	Happiness; fate
Onur	Turkish	The honor

Surname	origin	meaning
Öykü	Turkish	The story
Oz	Turkish	Self, essence, substance
Özdilek	Turkish	True + wish
Özge	Turkish	The other
Özgen	Turkish
Özgül	Turkish / Persian	True + rose
Özlem	Turkish	The longing

Surname	origin	meaning
Pamuk	Turkish	cotton
Parlak	Turkish	Shiny, radiant; outstanding
Pelin	Greek	The wormwood
Perihan	Persian
Petek	Turkish	The honeycomb
Pinar	Turkish	The source

Surname	origin	meaning
Rabia / Rabiye	Arabic	The fourth
Renan	Arabic
Reyhan	Arabic	The Steinquendel
Rojîn	Kurdish
Rukiye	Arabic
Rüya	Arabic
Rumeysa	Arabic

S – U

Surname	origin	meaning
Saadet	Arabic	Happiness, bliss
Sabiha	Arabic	Beautiful, pretty, graceful
Sanem	Arabic	Idol; pretty lady
Sarıgül	Turkish / Persian	Yellow rose
Sayar	Turkish
Sebahat	Arabic	The most beautiful of the beautiful
Seda	Arabic	The noise
Sedef	Arabic	The shell; Mother of pearl
Seer	Turkish	The first ray of sunshine at dawn
Selda	Turkish	Water flowing from the mountain
selenium	Turkish	Good news, also: wealth, abundance
Selin	Turkish	The gifted; the talented
Selma	Arabic	Harmony, peace
Sema	Arabic	the sky
Semiha	Turkish	The bountiful one; generous
Semra	Arabic	The brunette
Sena	Arabic	The flash; the adored; the beauty
Senem	Arabic	A variant of Sanem
Serap	Persian
Serpil	Turkish
Sera	Persian	palace
Serra	Arabic	Width, lightness
Sevda, Sevde	Arabic	Love; the longing
Sevgi	Turkish	Love
Sevilay	Turkish	The lovely moon
Sevim	Turkish	The loving one; sympathetic
Sevinç	Turkish	The joy
Sibel	Turkish	Fluently
Sila	Arabic
Sinem	Persian / Turkish	The breast; the heart
Sofi	Turkish
Songül	Turkish / Persian	The last rose
Su	Turkish	The water
Brew	Persian	decorated, painted
sultan	Arabic	Ruler
Sümeyye
Suna	Turkish	A kind of wild duck
Suzan	Persian

Surname	origin	meaning
Şadiye	Arabic	The satisfaction
Şafak	Arabic	Dawn
Saliha	Arabic
Şebnem	Persian	The dew
Şelale	Arabic	The waterfall
Şenay	Turkish	The happy and serene moon
Şengül	Turkish / Persian	The happy rose
Şeyma	Arabic
Şiir	Arabic	The poetry
Şirin	Persian	Sweet, pretty, or cute

Surname	origin	meaning
Tuana
tuba	Arabic	Artist, creator
Tuğba	Arabic	Beauty; Paradise tree
Tuğçe	Turkish / Persian	The little horse tail (ottoman badge of rank)
Tülay	french / turkish	The tulle moon
TUELIN	Turkish	The new moon
Turkân	Turkish / Persian

Surname	origin	meaning
Ulviye **	Arabic	The height
Ulya *	Arabic	The highest

Ü – Z

Surname	origin	meaning
Ulker	Turkish
Ülkü	Turkish	The ideal
Ummuhan	Arabic / Turkish	Mother of the ruler

Surname	origin	meaning
Vesile	Arabic	The reason, the cause, the occasion
Vildan	Arabic	(new born) children

Surname	origin	meaning
Yagmur	Turkish	The rain
Yaldız	Turkish	The flowers in paradise; something gilded
Yasemin	Persian	The jasmine flower ( Jasminum )
Yelda
Yeliz	Turkish	beautiful, light, airy
Yeşim	Arabic	The pearl, the jasper
Yeter	Turkish	It is enough!
Yıldız	Turkish	The star
Yızidil	Turkish	the chosen one
Yonca	Turkish	The Clover
Yusra	Arabic

Surname	origin	meaning
Zuleila	Arabic / Persian	Ẓulei kh ā ; Koranic name for Potiphar's wife who wanted to seduce Joseph the dreamer
Zehra	Arabic	The flower (goes back to Fātima bint Muhammad )
Zeynep	Arabic	Zenobia
Zuhal / Zuhal	Arabic	Saturn (Zühal)
Zülal	Arabic	The cold and clear water
Zuleyha	Arabic
Zümrüt	Arabic	The emerald

literature

• Gabriele Rodríguez: Turk-speaking names in Germany. Statistics and tendencies in Turkish-speaking first names. in: Onenological Information , No. 97, 2010 ( Online (PDF))

Web links

• Name dictionary of the Turkish language society
• Meaning of Turkish names
• Behind the name - The etymology and history of first names - Turkish names
• Turkish names and their meanings
• List of Turkish first names