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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. Beksulu

    “noble beauty”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Bekzada

    “noble-born”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Belkıs

    “name of the Queen of Sheba”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  4. Bengühan

    “eternal ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Beysun

    “may she be a lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  6. Bibi

    “grandmother, lady, princess”
    From Persian · Uyghur, Kazakh, Turkmen
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  7. Bibikhanym

    “noble lady”
    From Persian and Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

  8. Bibixonim

    “noble lady”
    From Persian and Turkic · Uzbek
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

  9. Bike

    “lady, princess”
    Uyghur, Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  10. Bilgiser

    “knowledgeable chief”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Binhan

    “thousand khans”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  12. Büwi

    “grandmother, lady, princess”
    Uyghur
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  13. Ceydahan

    “noble ruler”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility boy names

  1. Bek

    “firm, strong; lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy1 syllableEditorial

  2. Bekata

    “lord father”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Bekbars

    “chief leopard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  4. Bekbatyr

    “lord hero”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Bekbol

    “be a lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  6. Bekbolat

    “lord + steel”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  7. Bekbolot

    “steel lord”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Bekdemir

    “firm iron”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  9. Bekjan

    “chieftain, master + soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  10. Bekmurat

    “the lord's wish”
    From Proto-Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Bekmurod

    “the lord's wish”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  12. Beknazar

    “lord's favour”
    From Proto-Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  13. Bekobod

    “a title of local officials, beg + prosperous”
    From Uzbek · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  14. Bekpoʻlat

    “steel lord”
    From Turkic and Persian · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Bektemir

    “iron lord”
    From Proto-Turkic and Kipchak · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  16. Bekzat

    “noble-born, aristocrat”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  17. Bekzhan

    “lord soul”
    From Proto-Turkic and Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  18. Bekzhigit

    “lordly young man”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Bekzod

    “son of a bek”
    From Turkic and Persian · Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  20. Beleda

    “Hun ruler (434-445), brother of Attila”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  21. Beycan

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

  22. Beydağ

    “name of mountains in several parts of Anatolia”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  23. Beykal

    “remain a lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  24. Beykan

    “lord blood”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  25. Beykara

    “black lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  26. Bəylər

    “lords”
    From Turkic · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  27. Beyrek

    “courteous lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  28. Beysan

    “lord fame”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  29. Beytekin

    “lord prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  30. Beytemir

    “lord iron”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  31. Beyzat

    “born noble”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  32. Bilbay

    “wise lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  33. Bileda

    “Hun ruler (434-445), brother of Attila”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  34. Bilgebay

    “wise lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  35. Bilgehan

    “wise khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  36. Bilgihan

    “knowledgeable ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  37. Binbay

    “thousand lords”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  38. Boğaçhan

    “Khan Boğaç, after the hero of the Dede Korkut tales”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  39. Boğahan

    “bull khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  40. Boğataş

    “a famous Turkic lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  41. Boğatekin

    “bull prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  42. Bolatbek

    “steel lord”
    From Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  43. Bolatkhan

    “steel khan”
    From Classical Persian and Kipchak · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  44. Bolotbek

    “steel lord”
    From Persian and Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  45. Bolsynbek

    “may he be a lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  46. Bölükbaşı

    “company commander”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  47. Borahan

    “storm khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  48. Borakhan

    “Khan Borak”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  49. Boranbay

    “storm lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  50. Börübay

    “wolf lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  51. Börübey

    “wolf lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  52. Börühan

    “wolf khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  53. Bozbay

    “grey lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  54. Bozbey

    “grey lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  55. Buğrahan

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

  56. Bulgubay

    “discovery lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  57. Bulgunoyan

    “discovery commander”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  58. Buminhan

    “Khan Bumin”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  59. Burçhan

    “tower khan”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  60. Burukbay

    “tart lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  61. Buruktekin

    “tart prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  62. Buyrukbay

    “command lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  63. Buyrukçu

    “one who gives orders, commander”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  64. Buyrukhan

    “command khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  65. Çağan

    “white; ruler”
    From Old Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  66. Çağrıbey

    “historical Seljuk ruler (Chagri Beg)”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  67. Canbey

    “dear lord”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  68. Cantekin

    “dear prince”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  69. Çelikhan

    “steel khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  70. Cem

    “Jam (Jamshid), legendary king; king, prince”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  71. Cengiz

    “mighty, universal ruler”
    From Middle Mongol · Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  72. Cengizhan

    “Genghis Khan, the Mongol emperor”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  73. Chingiz

    “mighty, universal ruler”
    From Mongolic · Uzbek, Tatar
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  74. Chyngyz

    “mighty, universal ruler”
    From Mongolic · Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  75. Çingiz

    “mighty, universal ruler”
    From Mongolic · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  76. Civanmert

    “noble-hearted, generous”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  77. Çoğahan

    “abundant ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  78. Çokar

    “noble”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  79. Çölbey

    “desert lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  80. Cuci

    “guest; eldest son of Genghis Khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  81. Dağhan

    “mountain khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  82. Dağtekin

    “mountain prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  83. Da'i

    “guide, leader”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  84. Daltekin

    “branch prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  85. Dauirbek

    “lord of the era”
    From Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  86. Dauletbek

    “lord of fortune”
    From Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  87. Dauletkhan

    “khan of fortune”
    From Persian and Kipchak · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility names for girls and boys

  1. Bengibay

    “eternal lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Beybolat

    “lord strong as steel”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Beyhan

    “lord khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  4. Beyhatun

    “noble lady”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Beytöre

    “lord of the law”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Beyzade

    “son of a bey; noble”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  7. Birhan

    “sole ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  8. Buluttekin

    “cloud prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex4 syllablesEditorial

  9. Canbay

    “dear lord”
    Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  10. Cemşah

    “king Jam”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility names with mixed or unclassified gender

  1. Bilge qaghan

    “learned, wise khan”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  2. Bilge qatin

    “learned princess”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  4. Bögüxan

    “learned, wise khan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  5. Böke tékin

    “brave prince”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  6. Bökexan

    “brave champion khan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  7. Böre tékin

    “prince brave as a wolf”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  8. Budrach

    “beg; head, chief”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  9. Buqaxan

    “khan strong as a bull”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  10. Chaghri tékin

    “prince like a falcon”
    Uyghur
    4 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)