Language guide

Azerbaijani Names: Meanings, Origins & Traditions

Azerbaijani names are recorded in the Latin alphabet of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which includes the letter ə. Azerbaijani is closely related to Turkish, and many names are shared, but the site lists Azerbaijani usage only where a source documents it.

Azərbaycanca

Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family

Published names: 601
Scripts in our data: Latin
ISO 639-1: az

Browse Azerbaijani names

254 names · page 3 of 11

Əzizə
“mighty, strong, precious”
From Arabic · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Fatimə
“one who weans”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani, Bashkir
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Fərəh
“happiness, gladness, mirth, joy, exultation”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Feride
“unique, matchless”
From Arabic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Fəxriyyə
“honourable, a source of pride”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Fəzilə
“virtue, excellence”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Fəzilət
“virtue, merit”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Firuzə
“turquoise”
From Azerbaijani · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Göher
“jewel, gem; treasure”
From Persian · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gövhər
“jewel, gem”
From Persian · Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gözel
“beautiful”
From Turkic · Azerbaijani, Turkmen
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gülarə
“adorned with roses”
From Persian · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gülay
“rose and moon”
From Persian and Turkic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gülbahar
“rose (flower) + spring”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Tatar, Bashkir
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Gülbəniz
“rose-complexioned”
From Persian and Turkic · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial

Gülçöhrə
“rose-faced”
From Persian · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gülər
“smiling, cheerful”
From Turkic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gülgün
“rose-coloured, rosy”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gulnar
“pomegranate flower”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gülnarə
“pomegranate blossom”
From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gülnisə
“rose among women”
From Persian and Arabic · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gülrux
“flower of joy, of life; giver of spirit and life”
Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gülşən
“rose garden”
From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gülsenem
“beautiful girl, the most beautiful of beauties”
Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesDocumented

How Azerbaijani names are written

Azerbaijan switched from Cyrillic to Latin in 1991. In Iran, Azerbaijani is written in Arabic script, and in Dagestan (Russia) Cyrillic is still used. The letter ə has no equivalent in Turkish; search treats it like e but entries keep the original spelling.

Where Azerbaijani names come from

A name used in Azerbaijani is not automatically Azerbaijani in origin. Here is how the documented origins of the Azerbaijani names published so far break down (a name with elements from two languages counts under both):

Arabic
390
Persian
155
Turkic
86
Hebrew
19
Azerbaijani
11
Greek
4
Bashkir
3

Counted from 601 published entries. Each name page explains its own etymology with sources.

Azerbaijani names by meaning

Azerbaijani belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, together with Turkish and Turkmen. Related languages share many words, but a name is listed under a language only when it is documented there.

Other languages: Uyghur · Kazakh · Kyrgyz · Uzbek · Tatar · Bashkir · Tajik

References for this page

Wikipedia contributors. Azerbaijani alphabet. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1382203157. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikipedia contributors. Turkic languages. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1377797900. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.