Meaning

41 Kazakh 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 Kazakh 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.

28 moon girl names

  1. “graceful as the moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon, full moon”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “moon lady”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  4. “moon + noble, generous”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  5. “moon-faced, comely”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  6. “moon silver”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  7. “moon and sun”
    From Proto-Turkic and Kipchak · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  8. “moonbeam”
    From Proto-Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  9. “my moon lady”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  10. “my moon lady”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  11. “my moon flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  12. “my moon, my soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  13. “moon-born child”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  14. “moon beauty”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  15. “beautiful as the moon”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  16. “precious moon”
    From Classical Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  17. “moon + flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  18. “moon + soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  19. “moon + light”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  20. “moon + beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  21. “moon among women”
    From Arabic · Kazakh
    Girl4 syllablesEditorial
  22. “silver moon”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  23. “sun and moon”
    From Kipchak and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  24. “moonlight”
    From Persian and Arabic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  25. “moonlight”
    From Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  26. “morning star and moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  27. “may the moon stay”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  28. “moon of hope”
    From Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

11 moon boy names

  1. “just as the moon”
    From Proto-Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  2. “given by the moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  3. “moon and exalted”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  4. “moon and wish”
    From Proto-Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  5. “moon gentleman”
    From Proto-Turkic and Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  6. “crescent”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  7. “radiant moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  8. “moonlight”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  9. “moon young man”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial
  10. “moon + lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented
  11. “moon”
    From Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

2 moon names for girls and boys

  1. “moon child”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon child”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    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”, 78gün “sun; day”, 4can “soul; life”, 3gül “rose; flower”, 3nur “light”, 3bek “lord, chief, master (title)”, 2jamal “beauty”, 2sulu “beautiful”, 2ak “white”, 1ali “high, exalted”, 1