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What Does ay Mean in Names?

ay means “moon; month” and comes from Proto-Turkic. It appears in 29 published names on this site.

The common Turkic word for the moon (and the month). It is written ay in Turkish, ай in Kazakh and Kyrgyz, oy in Uzbek and ئاي in Uyghur, and is a frequent first element of given names.

Origin

Proto-Turkic *āy 'moon, month' (as given in the Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek entries).

13 ay girl names

  1. Aibike

    “moon + girl, lass”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  2. Aidana

    “moon + wise”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  3. Aiganym

    “moon + madame, Mrs”
    From Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  4. Aigerim

    “moon + noble, generous”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  5. Altynai

    “gold + moon”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  6. Aydan

    “from the moon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  7. Aygul

    “moon + flower”
    From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  8. Ayjan

    “moon + soul”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  9. Aynur

    “moon + light”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  10. Ayperi

    “moon + fairy”
    From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur, Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  11. Aysuluu

    “moon + beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  12. Gulai

    “flower + moon”
    From Classical Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  13. Zhuldyzai

    “star + moon”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

9 ay boy names

  1. Aibar

    “moon + there is / there are, there exist”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Aibolat

    “moon + steel”
    From Proto-Turkic and Classical Persian · Kazakh, Bashkir
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  3. Aidos

    “moon + friend”
    From Proto-Turkic and Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  4. Aitugan

    “moon + to be born”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  5. Aybek

    “moon + lord”
    From Turkic · Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  6. Aydemir

    “moon + iron”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  7. Aytuğan

    “moon + relative, kin”
    From Bashkir · Bashkir
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  8. Dossai

    “friend + moon”
    From Classical Persian and Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  9. Koray

    “ember + moon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

7 ay names for girls and boys

  1. Aygün

    “moon + day, sun”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Ayhan

    “moon + khan, ruler”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  3. Aytaç

    “moon + crown”
    From Turkic and Arabic/Persian · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  4. Ayyıldız

    “moon + star”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  5. Dolunay

    “full moon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex3 syllablesDocumented

  6. Günay

    “day, sun + moon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  7. İlkay

    “first + moon”
    From Turkic · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

Often combined with

gül (2 names)gün (2 names)bek (1 name)bolat (1 name)can (1 name)demir (1 name)han (1 name)ilk (1 name)karim (1 name)nur (1 name)sulu (1 name)yıldız (1 name)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “ay”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 93678651. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Turkish noun meaning moon; month

  2. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “oy”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 92293561. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Uzbek noun meaning moon; month, from Proto-Turkic *āy via Chagatai

  3. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “ай”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 93751413. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Kazakh/Kyrgyz noun meaning moon; month, inherited from Proto-Turkic *āy; Bashkir ай ‘moon’

  4. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “ئاي”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 80957220. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Uyghur noun meaning moon; month; also an epithet of beauty