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135 Turkish Names Meaning Wisdom and knowledge

Names whose documented meaning is wisdom, intelligence, learning or knowledge. Below are the Turkish 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.

Wisdom and knowledge girl names

  1. Akile

    “wise, intelligent”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Alime

    “possessor of knowledge, learned, woman of letters”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  3. Arifə

    “knowing, wise”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Bilgecan

    “wise soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Bilgenur

    “light of wisdom”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Bilgiser

    “knowledgeable chief”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  7. Bilgün

    “knowing day”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  8. Erengül

    “sage rose”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  9. Eribe

    “clever; mature”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Fadile

    “variant of Fazıla: virtuous, learned”
    Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Fahime

    “understanding; wise”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  12. Fatine

    “clever, perceptive”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  13. Ferzane

    “wise, learned”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  14. Fetanet

    “sharp intelligence”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Fitnat

    “intelligence, cleverness”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  16. Gülbil

    “knowing rose”
    From Persian and Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  17. İrfaniye

    “insight, knowledge”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  18. Lebibe

    “intelligent, wise”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Şehime

    “dignified, clever and shrewd”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

Wisdom and knowledge boy names

  1. Abdülâlim

    “servant of the All-Knowing”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  2. Abdülhakim

    “servant of the Wise”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  3. Abdüzzeki

    “servant of the Intelligent”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  4. Acar

    “bold, brave; clever”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  5. Akbilge

    “pure sage”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Akil

    “wise, intelligent”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  7. Akıllı

    “intelligent, knowledgeable”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Alim

    “scholar, learned person”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  9. Alpbilge

    “heroic sage”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Arif

    “knowing”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  11. Baranbilge

    “rain sage”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  12. Bilbay

    “wise lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  13. Bilender

    “rare and knowing”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  14. Bilgebay

    “wise lord”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  15. Bilgehan

    “wise khan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  16. Bilgekağan

    “wise khagan”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  17. Bilgekan

    “of wise descent”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  18. Bilgekurt

    “wise wolf”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Bilgetay

    “wise colt”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  20. Bilgihan

    “knowledgeable ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  21. Bilginer

    “learned man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  22. Bilik

    “knowledge, wisdom”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  23. Bilnur

    “light of knowledge”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  24. Bilsay

    “esteemed for knowledge”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  25. Biltaş

    “stone of knowledge”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  26. Biltay

    “knowing colt”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  27. Bilyap

    “knowing builder”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  28. Buke

    “wise, learned; dragon”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  29. Bulgan

    “mature, learned, tolerant person”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  30. Cihandide

    “world-wise, experienced”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  31. Dehri

    “one who believes the world is eternal; very learned person”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  32. Ebecen

    “clever child”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  33. Ecemiş

    “wise and mature”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  34. Ekemen

    “learned and refined; haughty”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  35. Eneren

    “foremost sage”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  36. Erbilen

    “man who knows”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  37. Erdölek

    “good and clever man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  38. Erenalp

    “sage hero”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  39. Erencan

    “sage soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  40. Erendemir

    “sage iron”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  41. Erenel

    “sage hand”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  42. Erenkara

    “dark sage”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  43. Erensoy

    “lineage of sages”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  44. Erensü

    “army sage”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  45. Erentürk

    “sage Turk”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  46. Erenuluğ

    “great sage”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  47. Erib

    “clever; intelligent”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  48. Erip

    “clever; intelligent”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  49. Fatin

    “clever, perceptive”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  50. Fehimdar

    “intelligent, perceptive person”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  51. Ferzan

    “knowledge and wisdom”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  52. Feyiz

    “abundance; knowledge”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy1 syllableEditorial

  53. Hazım

    “intelligent, resolute; cautious, thorough; firmly determined”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  54. Hikmet

    “wisdom, knowledge”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  55. Hikmettin

    “wisdom of the faith”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  56. Hikmetullah

    “wisdom of God”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  57. İlimdar

    “learned person”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  58. İrfan

    “insight, knowledge”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  59. Korkutalp

    “hero Korkut”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  60. Korkutata

    “Korkut Ata, the legendary Oghuz sage-bard”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy4 syllablesEditorial

  61. Lokman

    “Luqman, a sage mentioned in the Qur'an”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  62. Maarif

    “knowledge, learning”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  63. Öger

    “wise, knowledgeable person”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  64. Ögetürk

    “wise, knowledgeable Turk”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  65. Oker

    “wise person”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  66. Öktürk

    “wise, strong Turk”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  67. Okuş

    “intelligence, understanding; call”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  68. Özbilgin

    “wise by nature”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  69. Şinasi

    “knowing, discerning”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  70. Süeren

    “soldier of the eren”
    Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  71. Tedü

    “wise, intelligent”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  72. Umur

    “experience, worldly knowledge”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  73. Usalan

    “intelligent, wise”
    Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

Wisdom and knowledge names for girls and boys

  1. Afacan

    “clever and mischievous child”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Akılbek

    “wise lord”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Argana

    “intelligent, clever”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Bilay

    “wise moon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  5. Bilge

    “wise”
    From Old Turkic · Turkish, Uyghur
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  6. Bilgealp

    “wise hero”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  7. Bilgeer

    “wise man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  8. Bilgekut

    “wise blessing”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  9. Bilgen

    “knowledgeable, sage”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  10. Bilgetürk

    “wise Turk”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Bilgi

    “knowledge”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  12. Bilginur

    “light of knowledge”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  13. Bilgivar

    “one with knowledge”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  14. Bilhan

    “very learned”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  15. Büge

    “dam or weir on a stream; also wise, learned; dragon (as in Büke)”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  16. Danişment

    “learned person”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  17. Erbil

    “knowing man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  18. Erengüç

    “sage power”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  19. Erengün

    “sage day”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  20. Erenöz

    “one whose essence is accomplished”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  21. Eröge

    “wise man”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  22. Fadıl

    “variant of Fazıl: virtuous, learned”
    Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  23. Fadıla

    “variant of Fazıla: virtuous, learned”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  24. Fâkihe

    “intelligent; perceptive”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  25. Lebip

    “intelligent, wise”
    From Arabic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesEditorial

  26. Özbilen

    “one who knows the essence”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  27. Özbilge

    “wise by nature”
    Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  28. Unat

    “rightly guided; wise; mature”
    Turkish
    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

can “soul; life”, 4han “khan, ruler”, 3bek “lord, chief, master (title)”, 2er “man; hero, warrior”, 2ay “moon; month”, 1din “religion, faith”, 1gül “rose; flower”, 1nur “light”, 1
Animals (377)Beauty (596)Faith and devotion (463)Flowers (728)Joy and happiness (616)Leadership and nobility (1274)Life and soul (383)Light (607)Love and affection (331)Moon (628)

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