Meaning

12 Bashkir Names Meaning Moon

Names built on the Turkic word for the moon (ay / oy), one of the most productive elements in Turkic given names, especially for girls. Below are the Bashkir 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.

7 moon girl names

  1. “moon lady”
    From Turkic · Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  3. “beautiful as the moon”
    From Turkic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  4. “moon + flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  5. “moon + light”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  6. “moon + beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  7. “like the full moon”
    From Arabic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

4 moon boy names

  1. “moon lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon steel”
    From Turkic and Persian · Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “moon wanderer”
    From Turkic · Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  4. “moon + relative, kin”
    From Bashkir · Bashkir
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

1 moon names for girls and boys

  1. “moonlight”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir
    Unisex2 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

ay “moon; month”, 172nur “light”, 10gül “rose; flower”, 6can “soul; life”, 5jamal “beauty”, 5sulu “beautiful”, 5bek “lord, chief, master (title)”, 4din “religion, faith”, 4gün “sun; day”, 4demir “iron”, 2

Want the plain word? See the dictionary entry for “moon” in Turkic languages on TurkicLex.