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194 Turkish 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 Turkish 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.

Animals girl names

  1. Ahu

    “gazelle, deer”
    From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Alabezek

    “a migratory bird resembling a stork”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

  3. Anabörü

    “she-wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

  4. Asena

    “she-wolf of Turkic legend”
    From Old Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Bulbul

    “name of a bird”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  6. Çalıkuşu

    “wren”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

  7. Ceren

    “young gazelle”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  8. Ceylan

    “gazelle”
    From Old Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  9. Ceylin

    “gazelle-like”
    From Turkish · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  10. Çiler

    “warbling, singing (like a nightingale)”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  11. Doğanbike

    “falcon lady”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

  12. Doğannur

    “rising light”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  13. Elik

    “gazelle”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  14. Gazale

    “gazelle”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Hüma

    “bird of good fortune”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

Animals boy names

  1. Abraş

    “freckled or mottled; a dun-coloured horse”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  2. Akbaş

    “a white wheat; a large bird of prey; cauliflower”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  3. Akbörü

    “white wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Akkuş

    “a large bird of prey”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  5. Alabaş

    “animal with a mottled head; a bird with mixed-coloured head feathers”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Aladoğan

    “mottled falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  7. Alageyik

    “fallow deer”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Alangu

    “golden deer”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  9. Aldoğan

    “a kind of falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Alparslan

    “hero lion”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Alpaslan

    “heroic lion”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  12. Alpat

    “hero's horse”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  13. Alpdoğan

    “hero falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  14. Alpkartal

    “hero eagle”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Altoğan

    “a kind of falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  16. Angıt

    “a reddish duck-like bird”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  17. Arslan

    “lion”
    From Proto-Turkic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  18. Arslaner

    “lion man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Aşkan

    “dappled-grey horse; a mark; complexion”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  20. Aslan

    “lion”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  21. Aslaner

    “lion man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  22. Aslanhan

    “lion khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  23. Atakurt

    “ancestor wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  24. Aybars

    “moon leopard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  25. Aykurt

    “moon wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  26. Aypars

    “moon leopard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  27. Babur

    “an animal (lion); a kind of plant”
    From Indic · Turkish, Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  28. Babürşah

    “tiger king”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  29. Başdoğan

    “chief falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  30. Baybars

    “great leopard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  31. Baybörü

    “rich wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  32. Baysungur

    “a kind of falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  33. Bekbars

    “chief leopard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  34. Beygu

    “a bird of prey”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  35. Bilgekurt

    “wise wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  36. Binat

    “thousand horses”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  37. Börü

    “wolf”
    From Old Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  38. Börübars

    “wolf leopard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  39. Börübay

    “wolf lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  40. Börübey

    “wolf lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  41. Börühan

    “wolf khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  42. Bozdoğan

    “grey falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  43. Bozkurt

    “grey wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  44. Buğrahan

    “camel-stallion khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  45. Bürküt

    “eagle”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  46. Çağır

    “fresh grape juice; falcon; narrow track; fief granted to officers in the Mongol empire”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  47. Çalkara

    “a kind of falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  48. Canat

    “soul horse”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  49. Candoğan

    “falcon soul”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  50. Cankurt

    “soul wolf”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  51. Cemşir

    “Jam the lion”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  52. Çınak

    “talon of a bird of prey; clear weather after rain”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  53. Cura

    “friend, beloved; small shawm (zurna); a hawk”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  54. Delice

    “wild, spirited; a falcon-type bird; a cereal-family plant”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  55. Demirkurt

    “iron wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  56. Doğan

    “falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  57. Doğanalp

    “falcon hero”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  58. Doğanbey

    “falcon lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  59. Doğaner

    “falcon man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  60. Doğangün

    “rising day”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  61. Doğanhan

    “falcon khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  62. Doru

    “bay horse; peak”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  63. Dorukkurt

    “summit wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  64. Eraslan

    “brave lion”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  65. Erdeşir

    “brave; lion-hearted”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  66. Erdoğan

    “brave falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  67. Erkarslan

    “powerful lion”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  68. Erşahan

    “hero strong as a falcon”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  69. Ertuğrul

    “brave falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  70. Esedullah

    “lion of God”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  71. Gazanfer

    “lion”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  72. Gencaslan

    “young lion”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  73. Gökbörü

    “sky wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  74. Gökdoğan

    “sky falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  75. Gülşahin

    “rose falcon”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  76. Gümüşkurt

    “silver wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  77. Günkurt

    “sun wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  78. Haydar

    “lion”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  79. Hürdoğan

    “free falcon”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  80. İlarslan

    “lion of the land”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  81. İlbars

    “leopard of the realm”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  82. Ilgar

    “gallop; ceremonial horse race”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

Animals names for girls and boys

  1. Akdoru

    “white bay horse”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Akkurt

    “white wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  3. Alakurt

    “wolf with a mottled coat”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Alakuş

    “peacock”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Alangoya

    “golden deer; a legendary Mongol heroine”
    From Mongolic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Alçın

    “a small red bird”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  7. Andelip

    “nightingale”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Atabörü

    “ancestor wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex4 syllablesEditorial

  9. Atlı

    “mounted, horse-owning”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  10. Ayceren

    “moon-like gazelle”
    From Turkic and Mongolic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Baykara

    “a kind of falcon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  12. Börükan

    “wolf blood”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  13. Bozat

    “gray horse”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  14. Bozçin

    “female deer”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  15. Cavlı

    “famous, renowned; a young falcon not yet used to hunting”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  16. Civanşir

    “young lion”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  17. Doğanbaş

    “falcon head”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  18. Doğanşah

    “falcon king”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Doğantimur

    “falcon iron”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex4 syllablesEditorial

  20. Dölaslan

    “of lion-strong stock”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  21. Erkuş

    “hero bird”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  22. Güldoğan

    “rose falcon”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

Animals names with mixed or unclassified gender

  1. Bars

    “tiger”
    Turkish, Uyghur
    1 syllableDocumented

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”, 6arslan “lion”, 5alp “brave, heroic”, 3bek “lord, chief, master (title)”, 3han “khan, ruler”, 3ali “high, exalted”, 2er “man; hero, warrior”, 2shah “king”, 2ak “white”, 1ay “moon; month”, 1
Beauty (596)Faith and devotion (463)Flowers (728)Joy and happiness (616)Leadership and nobility (1274)Life and soul (383)Light (607)Love and affection (331)Moon (628)Nature and seasons (615)