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1,971 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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  • Yadikar

    “keepsake, memento”
    From Persian · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yagfar

    “brook, stream”
    From Arabic · Tatar
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yağızer

    “dark or reddish horse + man”
    From Proto-Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesLikely

  • Yağmur

    “rain”
    From Proto-Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yakup

    “Jacob (the prophet's name)”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Turkmen, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaman

    “bad”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yankı

    “echo”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yaşam

    “life”
    Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaşar

    “he lives; long-lived”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yasin

    “Ya-Sin (name of a Qur'anic surah)”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaver

    “helper, aide”
    From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yäwðät

    “excellence”
    From Classical Persian · Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yay

    “bow”
    Turkish
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  • Yedil

    “the Volga river”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yelaman

    “the country is safe”
    From Kipchak · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Yeldar

    “holder of the country”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yeldos

    “nation, country + friend”
    From Kipchak and Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yeles

    “unclear outline; silhouette”
    Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesLikely

  • Yelnur

    “nation, country + light”
    From Kipchak and Persian · Kazakh, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yelubai

    “fifty + rich, wealthy”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yerassyl

    “man; hero + precious”
    Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yerbol

    “be a brave man”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yerbolat

    “man; hero + steel”
    From Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yeren

    “hero”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesLikely

  • Yerik

    “will, freedom”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yerikti

    “free-willed”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Yerkin

    “free”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yerlan

    “brave young man”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yerlik

    “heroism, courage”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yermek

    “pastime, joy”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

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About these boy names

How many boy names are on TurkicNames?

1,971 published names are listed on this page. 691 have a meaning backed by a cited source (Documented), 143 are Likely, and 1,137 come from our own editorial research. Use the meaning label filter to see only one group.

Which languages contribute the most boy names?

Turkish (940), Kazakh (649), and Uyghur (341) 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. 1,636 names on this page are recorded for one language only, and 335 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 (153), strength and courage (119), and moon (62). 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 (952), Arabic (683), and Persian (259) 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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