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1274 Turkic 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 all 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.

Leadership and nobility girl names

  1. Tomris

    “historical warrior queen of the Massagetae”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  2. Tömürxan

    “the name Tömür with the epithet Khan”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  3. Turaniyazxan

    “the name Turaniyaz with the epithet Khan”
    From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur
    Girl4 syllablesDocumented

  4. Uğurser

    “chief of luck”
    Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Ülviyyə

    “loftiness, nobility”
    From Arabic · Azerbaijani
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  6. Ümmühan

    “mother of the ruler”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility boy names

  1. Tatarhan

    “Tatar khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Tayhan

    “foal khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  3. Tekbay

    “unique lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  4. Tekbek

    “unique chief”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  5. Tekbey

    “unique lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  6. Tekebay

    “billy goat lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  7. Tekebey

    “billy goat lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Tekin

    “prince”
    Turkish, Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  9. Tekinhan

    “blessed khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Tellibey

    “coy lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Temirbay

    “iron lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  12. Temirbek

    “iron + lord”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  13. Temirhan

    “iron khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  14. Temurbek

    “iron lord”
    From Turkic · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Temürhan

    “iron khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  16. Tendübay

    “Tendü lord”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  17. Teoman

    “Xiongnu ruler, father of Mete”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  18. Tərxan

    “privileged noble (tarkhan)”
    From Old Turkic · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  19. Téyip

    “good, beautiful, noble”
    Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  20. Téyipzat

    “good son of noble lineage”
    Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  21. Teyyib

    “good, beautiful, noble”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  22. Teyyibzat

    “good son of noble lineage”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  23. Tiğin

    “variant of Tekin, an old Turkic title for a prince”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  24. Tilekbek

    “lord of wishes”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  25. Timurhan

    “Timur khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  26. Tokhan

    “steadfast khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  27. Toktahan

    “settled khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  28. Tokuşhan

    “khan of the clash”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  29. Tolgahan

    “helmeted khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  30. Tolonbay

    “full-moon lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  31. Tolunbay

    “full-moon lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  32. Toluntiğin

    “full-moon prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  33. Töre

    “noble son, aristocrat, little master, little ishan”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  34. Törem

    “our master, our noble son”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  35. Torhan

    “proud ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  36. Tosunbey

    “sturdy young lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  37. Toxtiweli

    “guardian, caring one, friend, master, owner, ruler, subduer”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy4 syllablesDocumented

  38. Tüblek

    “noble, high-born”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  39. Tuğhan

    “khan of the banner”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  40. Tuğtekin

    “prince of the banner”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  41. Tümbay

    “lord of all”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  42. Tümenbay

    “lord of ten thousand”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  43. Tunahan

    “Danube khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  44. Tunçbay

    “bronze lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  45. Tunçhan

    “bronze khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  46. Turhan

    “noble, distinguished person”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  47. Tursunbek

    “may the lord stay”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  48. Tutuhan

    “pledge khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  49. Tynchtykbek

    “lord of peace”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  50. Tynybek

    “calm lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  51. Tynyshtykbek

    “lord of peace”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  52. Uçantekin

    “flying prince”
    Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  53. Ucatekin

    “prince unrivalled in loftiness”
    Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  54. Uçbay

    “lord of the frontier”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  55. Uçhan

    “khan of the frontier”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  56. Uçkara

    “a bird; a commander of Timur”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  57. Uğurhan

    “lucky khan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  58. Uğurlubay

    “lucky lord”
    Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  59. Ulaçhan

    “connecting khan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  60. Ulubek

    “great lord”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  61. Ulubey

    “great lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  62. Uluerkan

    “respected, exalted, noble person”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  63. Ulugʻbek

    “great lord”
    From Turkic · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  64. Uluhan

    “great khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  65. Ulukaan

    “great, respected ruler”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  66. Ulukan

    “of noble, exalted lineage”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  67. Ulukbek

    “great lord”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  68. Ulusoy

    “of exalted, noble lineage”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  69. Ulutürk

    “exalted, noble Turk”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  70. Ulykbek

    “great lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  71. Umer

    “flourishing, oasis, prosperity”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  72. Umrem

    “Hemze with the suffix Emir”
    Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  73. Ünkan

    “renowned noble blood”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  74. Urbeyi

    “lord of the city”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  75. Urhan

    “khan of the city”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  76. Urmatbek

    “honoured lord”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility names for girls and boys

  1. Temizhan

    “pure khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Törehan

    “lawful khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Töreli

    “good; hospitable; noble”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Tuğrultekin

    “raptor prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex4 syllablesEditorial

  5. Tümhan

    “khan of all”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  6. Türehan

    “lawful khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  7. Tüzünalp

    “gentle, noble, calm hero”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Tüzüner

    “noble person”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  9. Tüzünkan

    “of noble blood”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Tüzüntürk

    “noble Turk”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Uçbeyi

    “frontier lord, border commander”
    Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  12. Uğurlubey

    “lucky lord”
    Turkish
    Unisex4 syllablesEditorial

  13. Ulakbey

    “messenger lord”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  14. Ulutekin

    “great prince”
    Turkish
    Unisex4 syllablesEditorial

  15. Umurbay

    “experienced, respected person”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  16. Umurbey

    “experienced lord”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility names with mixed or unclassified gender

  1. Tegin

    “servant; prince”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Tegin öge

    “wise, learned prince”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  3. Teke beg

    “Teke with the epithet Beg”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  4. Tékin öge

    “wise, learned prince”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  5. Temürxan

    “khan like iron”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  6. Terken

    “khagan, king, ruler”
    Turkish, Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  7. Terken qatin

    “queen, princess”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  8. Toghrul beg

    “Toghrul with the epithet Beg”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  9. Toghrul xan

    “Toghrul with the epithet Khan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  10. Tonga tékin

    “prince like a leopard”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  11. Tongaxan

    “khan brave as a leopard”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  12. Toyzun

    “village elder; of good origin, noble, open-hearted”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  13. Tözün

    “village elder; of good origin, noble, open-hearted”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  14. Turkan qatin

    “queen of the Turks”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  16. Tutung

    “chief, leader”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  17. Uch tékin

    “prince of Uchturpan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  18. Üge tékin

    “wise prince”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  19. Ügexan

    “wise khan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  20. Ughan xan

    “strong khan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  21. Ulugh ilig

    “great ruler”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  22. Ulugh xan

    “great king”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

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
Animals (377)Beauty (596)Faith and devotion (463)Flowers (728)Joy and happiness (616)Life and soul (383)Light (607)Love and affection (331)Moon (628)Nature and seasons (615)