Meaning

28 Kyrgyz 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 Kyrgyz 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.

25 moon girl names

  1. “moon lady”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon-like beauty”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  3. “like the moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  4. “moon + noble, generous”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  5. “moon flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  6. “moon-beautiful”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  7. “dear moon”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  8. “moon of kindness”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  9. “moonlight”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  10. “moon fairy”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  11. “cool moon breeze”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  12. “moon-beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  13. “moon-born child”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  14. “wise moon”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  15. “moon + flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  16. “moon + soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  17. “moon + fairy”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  18. “moon + beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented
  19. “whose being is the moon, born of the moon”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented
  20. “lady moon”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  21. “morning-star moon”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  22. “silver moon”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  23. “moonlight”
    From Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial
  24. “full moon”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial
  25. “may she stay, moon”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

2 moon boy names

  1. “moon lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial
  2. “moon + lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

1 moon names for girls and boys

  1. “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”, 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.