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Alparslan: hero lion, and its climb in Turkey, 2018–2025
Our stored meaning hero lion for Alparslan, its literal parts, its Turkish usage entry, and TÜİK boys' ranks from 2018 to 2025, when it climbed to first.
Alparslan was thirtieth on TÜİK’s national top-30 list for boys in 2018, and it was first in each year from 2022 to 2025. This guide sets out what our database records about its meaning, where we list the name, and its rank in each year.
What the name means
Our stored meaning for Alparslan is hero lion, with the confidence level documented. Our literal breakdown is alp, meaning hero, and arslan, meaning lion. Our explanation field notes that the name is also spelled Alpaslan. Our summary says its elements are Turkic in origin. Our database holds one meaning entry for the name and records no alternatives.
Our database also has an entry for Arslan, the second element of the name.
Where the name is used
Our table lists Alparslan for one language, Turkish, with the usage status recorded as in use.
How often it was given in Turkey, 2018–2025
In TÜİK’s boys’ top-30 lists, Alparslan ranked as follows:
- 2018: rank 30, count 2,645
- 2019: rank 18, count 3,678
- 2020: rank 8, count 4,390
- 2021: rank 2, count 6,206
- 2022: rank 1, count 8,318
- 2023: rank 1, count 8,941
- 2024: rank 1, count 8,070
- 2025: rank 1, count 7,509
Its rank improved in every year from 2018 to 2022, and it held first place from 2022 to 2025. Its highest count in this period was 8,941, recorded in 2023. The count fell in 2024 and again in 2025, while the name stayed first. Its count was lowest in 2018, at 2,645, when the name was thirtieth. Its rank improved in each year from 2019 to 2022: from eighteenth to eighth, then second, then first.
Where the data comes from
Ranks and counts come from TÜİK’s name statistics page, which covers the most-given newborn names for 2018–2025. Our chart uses the same national top-30 lists, and a year without a point means the name was not in that year’s top 30. The counts are births in those top-30 lists, not all births in Turkey. Meanings and languages come from our own database, and confidence levels are shown as stored.
Sources
- TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) – newborn-name lists, 2018–2025