TurkicNames Blog

Turkic baby names, explained

How Turkic names are built, what they mean and how they are written across Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek and more.

Elif: the meaning of the name and its rank, 2018–2025

Our established meaning for Elif, the two language entries in our table, and TÜİK girls' ranks for each year from 2018 to 2025, when…

Our stored meaning for Defne, the language entry in our table, and TÜİK newborn ranks for each year from 2018 to 2025, when it…

Emir fell from 9th among boys in 2018 to 30th in 2025, the largest drop in TÜİK's yearly top-30 lists. Eymen and Elif each…

Alparslan rose from 30th among boys in 2018 to 1st in 2025, and Alya from 20th to 1st among girls. Here are the biggest…

Our stored meaning for Asya as Asia, its single language entry, and TÜİK girls' ranks for each year from 2018 to 2025, between fourth…

Our stored meaning for Asel, the language in our table, and TÜİK girls' ranks for each year from 2018 to 2025, including its first…

Our stored meaning hero lion for Alparslan, its literal parts, its Turkish usage entry, and TÜİK boys' ranks from 2018 to 2025, when it…

Our documented meaning for Ahmet as more praiseworthy, its language entries, and TÜİK boys' ranks for each year from 2018 to 2025, from eighth…

Five parts appear in a large share of Turkic names. Here is what each one means, where it comes from and how it is…

A Turkish name is a given name plus a surname. Parents may choose more than one given name, many names are unisex, and only…