Yılmaz
Yılmaz [ jɯɫmɑz ] is a Turkish male first name and family name .
meaning
Yılmaz is a Turkish name. Translated, it means “who does not shrink from anything” (cf. Turkish: yılmak = to withdraw; stem = yıl + -ma = negative ending + -z = aorist to express the generally applicable action / ability / habit).
frequency
In Turkey , the name Yılmaz is comparable to the German names Müller or Maier in terms of frequency of occurrence . In Germany, too, Yılmaz is one of the most common family names and is also known as a first name.
The most common name combination in Turkey is "Mehmet Yılmaz" according to a survey by a Turkish newspaper.
Name bearer
First name
- Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Yılmaz Arslan (* 1968), Turkish filmmaker
- Yılmaz Büyükerşen (* 1937), Turkish economist, university rector and politician
- Yılmaz Erdoğan (* 1967), Turkish actor and author
- Yılmaz Gökdel (1940–2019), Turkish football player and coach
- Yılmaz Güney (1937–1984), Turkish actor and director
- Yılmaz Köksal (1939–2015), Turkish actor
- Yılmaz Onay (1937–2018), Turkish writer, director and translator
- Yilmaz Örtülü (* 1980), German soccer player
- Yılmaz Özen (* 1973), Turkish football player and coach
- Yılmaz Pamuk (* 1956), Turkish football player
- Yılmaz Şen (1943–1992), Turkish football player
- Yılmaz Tankut (* 1959), Turkish politician and entrepreneur
- Yılmaz Vural (* 1953), Turkish football player and coach
family name
- Abdullah Yılmaz (cross-country skier) (* 1961), Turkish cross-country skier
- Abdullah Yılmaz (football referee) (* 1978), Turkish football referee
- Adem Yılmaz (* 1955), German-Turkish artist
- Ahmet Refik Yılmaz (1904–1986), Turkish general
- Ali-Rıza Yılmaz (* 1968), Turkish football player
- Atıf Yılmaz (1925-2006), Turkish director
- Aydın Yılmaz (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
- Bahar Yilmaz (* 1984), German-Swiss author
- Bekir Yılmaz (* 1988), Turkish football player
- Berkay Yilmaz (* 1997), German-Turkish soccer and futsal player
- Burak Yılmaz (* 1985), Turkish football player
- Burak Yilmaz (soccer player, 1995) (* 1995), Austrian soccer player
- Burhan Yılmaz (* 1987), Austrian-Turkish soccer player
- Çağatay Yılmaz (* 2000), Turkish football player
- Cem Yılmaz (* 1973), Turkish cabaret artist and actor
- Cenk Yılmaz (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
- Cevdet Yılmaz (* 1967), Turkish politician
- Cihan Yılmaz (* 1983), German-Turkish soccer player
- Deniz Yılmaz (* 1988), Turkish-German soccer player
- Dilek Yılmaz (* 2001), Turkish handball player
- Erkut Yilmaz (* 1975 or 1976), American poker player
- Ethem Yilmaz (* 1952), German-Turkish textbook author and publisher
- Fatih Yılmaz (soccer player, 1965) (* 1965), Turkish soccer goalkeeper
- Fatih Yılmaz (soccer player, March 1989) (* 1989), Turkish soccer player (Denizlispor)
- Fatih Yılmaz (soccer player, April 1989) (* 1989), Turkish soccer player (Hatayspor)
- Fikret Yılmaz (* 1957), Turkish football player and coach
- Gökhan Yılmaz (* 1991), Turkish soccer player
- Güngör Yilmaz (* 1961), German politician (SPD) and member of the Hamburg Parliament
- Hakan Yılmaz (* 1997), Turkish soccer player
- Haydar Yılmaz (* 1984), Turkish soccer goalkeeper
- Hüseyin Yılmaz (1924–2013), Turkish-born American theoretical physicist
- İbrahim Yılmaz (* 1994), Turkish football player
- İsmet Yılmaz (* 1961), Turkish politician
- Kani Yılmaz (1950–2006), Turkish-Kurdish functionary of the PKK and later dissident
- Kubilay Yilmaz (* 1996), Austrian football player
- Levni Yilmaz (* 1973), filmmaker, artist and editor
- Mahmut Yilmaz (* 1979), German-Turkish soccer player
- Mehmet Yilmaz (actor) (* 1970), German actor
- Mehmet Yılmaz (soccer player) (* 1979), Turkish soccer player
- Mert Yılmaz (* 1999), Turkish-German soccer player
- Mesut Yılmaz (politician) (* 1947), Turkish politician
- Mesut Yılmaz (soccer player) (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Murat Yılmaz (actor) (born 1966), German actor
- Murat Yılmaz (soccer player, 1986) (* 1986), French-Turkish soccer player
- Murat Yılmaz (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), German-Turkish soccer player
- Mustafa Yılmaz (politician) (* 1949), Turkish politician
- Mustafa Yılmaz (soccer player, 1969) (* 1969), Turkish soccer player
- Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) (* 1992), Turkish chess player
- Necati Yılmaz (* 1988), Turkish football goalkeeper
- Nurettin Yılmaz (* 20th century), Turkish football player
- Nurten Yılmaz (* 1957), Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the state parliament and councilor
- Oğuz Yılmaz (musician) (* 1968), Turkish singer and songwriter
- Oğuz Yılmaz (comedian) (* 1991), German-Turkish author, comedian and digital consultant
- Oğuz Yılmaz (soccer player, 1993) (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
- Oğuz Yılmaz (soccer player, 1994) (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Okan Yilmaz (* 1997), Austrian football player
- Okan Yılmaz (* 1978), Turkish football player
- Ozan Yılmaz (* 1988), Turkish football player
- Özgür Yılmaz (* 1986), Turkish soccer player
- Pinar Yilmaz (* 1988), Turkish-German amateur boxer
- Savaş Yılmaz (* 1990), Turkish soccer player
- Sefa Yılmaz (* 1990), German-Turkish soccer player
- Sefer Yılmaz (* 1969), Turkish football player and coach
- Selçuk Yılmaz (politician) (* 1966), Turkish politician (DP, MHP)
- Selçuk Yılmaz (sculptor) (* 1969), Turkish sculptor
- Selçuk Yılmaz (referee) , Turkish football referee
- Serhan Yılmaz (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Sinan Yılmaz (* 1978), Turkish musician
- Tolga Yılmaz (* 1997), Turkish football player
- Tuncay Yılmaz (* 19 **), Turkish violinist
- Turhan Yilmaz (* 1958), Turkish chess player
- Uğur Yılmaz (soccer player, 1975) (* 1975), Turkish soccer player
- Uğur Yılmaz (soccer player, 1987) (* 1987), German-Turkish soccer player
- Uğur Yılmaz (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
- Volkan Yılmaz (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Yasin Yılmaz (* 1989), German-Turkish soccer player
Individual evidence
- ^ Meyers Lexikon online (2008). Yılmaz. Bibliographisches Institut & FA Brockhaus AG, 2008. Version: 1.1.13 Build: 11 Revision: 6472.