11,198 Turkic Boy Names with Meanings
Boy names from Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and other Turkic languages, each with its meaning. Names recorded for both boys and girls are included and marked as unisex.
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- “the people”From Arabic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “praiseworthy”From Arabic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “strong, steadfast”From Arabic · Kazakh, TatarBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages) + bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male given names)”From Kipchak and Proto-Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesLikely
- “khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages) + steel”From Kipchak and Classical Persian · KazakhBoy3 syllablesLikely
- “the khan has come”From Turkic · KazakhBoy3 syllablesEditorial
- “khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages) + iron”From Kipchak · KazakhBoy3 syllablesLikely
- “wisdom”From Arabic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “Elymus + rich, wealthy”KazakhBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “multiply, increase”From Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “may the family grow”From Turkic · KazakhBoy3 syllablesEditorial
- “foam, froth”From Proto-Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesLikely
- “partner; companion”From Turkic · Turkish, KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “guest; lodging place; mansion”From Turkic · Turkish, KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “brown; gentle”From Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “homestead, settlement”From Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “many, a lot of + rich, wealthy”From Proto-Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesLikely
- “many, a lot of + soul”From Proto-Turkic and Classical Persian · KazakhBoy2 syllablesLikely
- “beauty”From Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “beautiful soul”From Turkic and Persian · KazakhBoy3 syllablesEditorial
- “master, khoja”From Persian · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “hodja (Muslim schoolmaster); master; boss + rich, wealthy”From Classical Persian and Proto-Turkic · KazakhBoy3 syllablesLikely
- “hodja (Muslim schoolmaster); master; boss + bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male given names)”From Classical Persian and Proto-Turkic · KazakhBoy3 syllablesLikely
- “hodja (Muslim schoolmaster); master; boss + khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)”From Classical Persian and Kipchak · KazakhBoy3 syllablesLikely
- “lamb”From Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “rejoice”From Turkic · KazakhBoy1 syllableEditorial
- “joy, gladness”From Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “joy”From Turkic · KazakhUnisex2 syllablesEditorial
- “strength, power”From Arabic · KazakhBoy1 syllableEditorial
- “strong lord”From Arabic and Proto-Turkic · KazakhBoy2 syllablesEditorial
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About these boy names
How many boy names are on TurkicNames?
11,198 published names are listed on this page. 3,903 have a meaning backed by a cited source (Documented), 298 are Likely, and 6,997 come from our own editorial research. Use the meaning label filter to see only one group.
Which languages contribute the most boy names?
Turkish (6,175), Uyghur (3,474), and Kazakh (1,075) lead the list. A name counts for a language only when our data records it for that language, so a name used in several languages is counted once for each.
Can a boy's name here also be used for the other gender?
Yes, sometimes. Names marked Unisex are included in this list because they are recorded for both genders in at least one language. 10,487 names on this page are recorded for one language only, and 711 for two or more; the language table on each name page shows the gender per language.
What do boy names here most often mean?
By documented meaning theme, the biggest groups are leadership and nobility (980), strength and courage (715), and nature and seasons (425). Themes come from the meaning of each name as recorded on its page, never from how a name looks or sounds.
Which origins appear most often?
Our origin rows show Turkic (4,744), Arabic (4,113), and Persian (1,475) most often. Origin describes where the name's parts come from, not which people use it, so an Arabic name can be thoroughly Turkic in everyday use.
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