Meaning

11 Turkmen Names Meaning Leadership and nobility

Names whose documented meaning is a ruler, lord, prince or noble status, including Turkic titles such as khan, bek and tegin. Below are the Turkmen 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.

6 leadership and nobility girl names

  1. “Friday sultana”
    From Persian and Arabic · Turkmen
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon sultana”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkmen
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “grandmother, lady, princess”
    From Persian · Uyghur, Kazakh, Turkmen
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  4. “flower sultana”
    From Persian and Arabic · Turkmen
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  5. “sultana of the Sacrifice feast”
    From Arabic · Turkmen
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial
  6. “sultana child”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkmen
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

5 leadership and nobility boy names

  1. “lord's wish”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkmen
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  2. “a khan has come”
    From Turkic · Turkmen
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “commander, chief”
    From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented
  4. “the sayyid's glance”
    From Arabic · Turkmen
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  5. “sultan, ruler”
    From Arabic · Turkmen
    Boy2 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

bek “lord, chief, master (title)”, 161han “khan, ruler”, 86shah “king”, 21sultan “power, authority; sultan”, 14nur “light”, 10ay “moon; month”, 8ak “white”, 6bolat “steel”, 6ali “high, exalted”, 5demir “iron”, 5