Meaning

17 Kazakh Names Meaning Animals

Names whose documented meaning is an animal, most often animals associated with strength in Turkic tradition such as the lion or wolf. Below are the Kazakh names in this theme, grouped by gender, with a one-line origin for each. Documented, Likely and Editorial labels show how the meaning is supported.

5 animals girl names

  1. “name of a bird”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  2. “swallow (bird)”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “deer fawn”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  4. “red deer doe”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  5. “nightingale”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

12 animals boy names

  1. “lion”
    From Proto-Turkic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented
  2. “lion”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “wolf cub”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  4. “wolf (animal name)”
    From Proto-Turkic · Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented
  5. “golden eagle”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  6. “lion”
    From Persian · Kazakh
    Boy1 syllableEditorial
  7. “lion khan”
    From Persian and Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  8. “falcon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  9. “young fledged bird”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  10. “merlin falcon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  11. “eagle owl”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  12. “horse herder”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

How we check meanings

Meanings marked Documented are stated by a cited source (for compounds, also confirmed by the meaning of each part). Meanings marked Editorial come from our own research and are upgraded when a source is found; Likely marks readings built from a name's elements. Popular but unsupported interpretations are left out. Read our editorial standards.

Building blocks behind these names

sher “lion”, 3arslan “lion”, 2ali “high, exalted”, 1han “khan, ruler”, 1