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

601 names · page 3 of 26

Azər
“fire”
From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Babek
“little father”
From Persian · Kazakh, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Bağır
“opener, gate”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bahadir
“fearless, brave”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani, Tatar
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Bahar
“spring (the season)”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Banu
“lady”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Bayram
“celebration, festival”
Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Tatar, Bashkir
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bəhmən
“avalanche”
From Classical Persian · Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bəhram
“name of an ancient Iranian shah”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bəhruz
“fortunate”
From Persian · Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bəktaş
“firm stone”
From Turkic · Kazakh, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Bənövşə
“violet (flower)”
From Persian · Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Bəşir
“bringer of good news, herald, harbinger”
From Arabic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Besire
“bright-eyed, sharp-sighted”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Bəxtiyar
“fortunate, lucky”
From Persian · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial

Bəyan
“clearness, obviousness”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Bəylər
“lords”
From Turkic · Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Bilal
“clear, fresh air”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Tatar
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Billur
“crystal”
From Arabic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Cabir
“bonesetter, orthopedist”
From Arabic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Cahangir
“world-conqueror”
From Persian · Azerbaijani
Boy3 syllablesEditorial
Cahid
“striving, diligent”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Camal
“beauty”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Cavad
“generous”
From Arabic · Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesEditorial

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.