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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. Pasha

    “a variant of the Persian "padishah" (king)”
    From Persian · Uyghur
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Pashagül

    “a variant of the Persian "padishah" (king)”
    Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  3. Pashaxan

    “a variant of the Persian "padishah" (king)”
    Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  4. Perghizat

    “of noble lineage”
    Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  5. Perihan

    “fairy queen”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Perizat

    “of noble lineage”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  7. Perqizat

    “of noble lineage”
    Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  8. Peyzigül

    “noble, magnanimous girl”
    From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  9. Piyazxan

    “the name Piyaz with the epithet Khan”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  10. Poshsha

    “queen, princess”
    From Persian · Uzbek
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  11. Prenses

    “princess”
    From French · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  12. Qelemxan

    “Qelem with the epithet khan”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  13. Raisa

    “leader, chief”
    From Russian and Ancient Greek · Kazakh, Uzbek
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  14. Regina

    “queen”
    From Latin · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Rehibe

    “magnanimous, generous, noble”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  16. Re'ise

    “chief, leader (female)”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  17. Şahanə

    “royal, regal”
    From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  18. Şahbanu

    “queen, royal lady”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Şahnaz

    “royal grace”
    From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  20. Şahsənəm

    “royal beauty”
    From Persian and Arabic · Azerbaijani
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  21. Şahvar

    “fine large pearl; fit for a ruler”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  22. Şahver

    “fine large pearl; fit for a ruler”
    Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  23. Salihe

    “good, noble”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  24. Sara

    “princess, noblewoman”
    From Hebrew · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  25. Semiramis

    “legendary Assyrian queen”
    From Hebrew · Turkish
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility boy names

  1. Özayhan

    “true Ayhan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Özbay

    “true lord”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  3. Özbey

    “true lord”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  4. Özhan

    “true khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  5. Özilhan

    “true Ilhan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Ozodbek

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

  7. Özsüt

    “pure milk; of pure noble birth”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  8. Öztarhan

    “true tarkhan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  9. Öztekin

    “true prince”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Padişah

    “sovereign, sultan”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Peyiz

    “noble, magnanimous”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  12. Peyzaxun

    “noble, magnanimous”
    Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  13. Peyzidin

    “noble person of the faith”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  14. Piribeg

    “one devoted to the beg (lord)”
    From Persian and Turkic · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  15. Pizidin

    “noble person of the faith”
    Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  16. Qa'id

    “leader, commander, general”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  17. Qa'idin

    “commander, leader of the faith”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  18. Qa'idulla

    “God's commander”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  19. Qayidin

    “commander, leader of the faith”
    Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  20. Qayit

    “leader, commander, general”
    Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  21. Qeyser

    “emperor, khan, king; great, mighty, grand”
    From Persian · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  22. Qilichbek

    “sword lord”
    From Turkic · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  23. Rais

    “head, leader”
    From Arabic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy1 syllableEditorial

  24. Rayıhan

    “khan's banner; fragrance”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  25. Rebbani

    “one who has a master, one who has a Lord”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  26. Rehib

    “magnanimous, generous, noble”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  27. Rehmetshah

    “mercy of the King (God)”
    From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  28. Re'is

    “head, chief”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  29. Resulhan

    “ruler's envoy”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  30. Rexmetsha

    “mercy of the King (God)”
    Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  31. Rysbek

    “lord of fortune”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  32. Sabyrbek

    “patient lord”
    From Arabic and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  33. Şahbaz

    “royal falcon”
    From Persian · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  34. Şahbey

    “esteemed, exalted one”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  35. Şahinbey

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

  36. Şahmar

    “king serpent”
    From Persian · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  37. Şahvelet

    “ruler's child”
    From Persian and Arabic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  38. Salahidin

    “noble one of the faith”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy4 syllablesDocumented

  39. Salar

    “commander-in-chief, leader”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  40. Salaydin

    “noble one of the faith”
    Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  41. Sali

    “good, noble”
    Uyghur, Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  42. Salih

    “good, noble”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  43. Salix

    “good, noble”
    Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  44. Salurbay

    “lord of the Salur”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  45. Samatbek

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

  46. Sancarhan

    “Sancar the khan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  47. Saparbek

    “lord of the journey”
    From Arabic and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  48. Sarbek

    “fair-haired lord”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  49. Sardar

    “commander”
    From Persian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  50. Sardor

    “leader, commander”
    From Persian · Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  51. Sardorbek

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

  52. Sarıbay

    “golden lord”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  53. Sarıcabay

    “yellowish lord”
    Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  54. Sarıhan

    “yellow khan”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  55. Sarphan

    “steep khan”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  56. Sarvar

    “leader, chief”
    From Persian · Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  57. Satıbey

    “lord Satı”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  58. Savtekin

    “word of the prince”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  59. Sawuq

    “army commander”
    From Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  60. Sayhan

    “respected khan”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  61. Sebüktekin

    “Sabuktigin, name of a Ghaznavid ruler”
    Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  62. Şehinşah

    “king of kings”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  63. Şehsüvar

    “variant of Şahsüvar, an excellent horseman”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  64. Şehzade

    “prince”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  65. Seley

    “good, noble”
    Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  66. Sencer

    “fortress; a Seljuk sultan's name”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  67. Şerafet

    “nobility, honor”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  68. Seralp

    “chief hero”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility names for girls and boys

  1. Özden

    “noble, pure-hearted”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  2. Şahzade

    “prince; ruler's child”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Selhan

    “torrent khan”
    Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  4. Selvihan

    “cypress khan”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

Leadership and nobility names with mixed or unclassified gender

  1. Qaghan

    “khagan, khan, king”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Qaghan öge

    “wise king”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  3. Qan

    “khan”
    Uyghur
    1 syllableDocumented

  4. Qan oghlu

    “khan's son”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  5. Qan toyin

    “Toyin with the epithet Khan”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  6. Qapan tékin

    “prince strong as a boar”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  7. Qara tékin

    “great prince”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  8. Qara xan

    “great khan, khan of the people”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  9. Qasuq beg

    “Qasuq with the epithet Beg”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  11. Qorum xan

    “great khan”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  12. Qulabuz

    “guide, leader”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  13. Qunchuy

    “princess”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  17. Qut sanghun

    “fortunate commander”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  18. Qut tékin

    “fortunate prince”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  19. Quzbeg

    “Quz with the epithet Beg”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  20. Sanghun

    “military leader, commander”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  21. Sangish beg

    “Sangish with the epithet Beg”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  22. Sarigh beg

    “Sarigh 'yellow' with the epithet Beg”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  23. Sarigh xan

    “Sarigh 'yellow' with the epithet Khan”
    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)