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1,694 Names of Turkic Origin

1,694 published names carry a Turkic part in our data: 453 girl names, 1,004 boy names and 237 unisex names. 422 have a Documented meaning, 209 a Likely one and 1,063 an Editorial one, and the label is shown on every card.

Turkic names are used most in Turkish, Kazakh and Uyghur, and they fall most often under the themes leadership and nobility, moon and strength and courage. Browse the full list below, filter it, or read how Turkic names came into Turkic naming.

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  • Ablak

    “bright-faced; pleasant”
    From Turkic · Turkish, Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Abyz

    “wise elder, seer”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Ademi

    “beautiful, graceful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Adilkhan

    “fair, just, equitable + khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)”
    From Arabic and Kipchak · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Agabek

    “elder lord”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Agyn

    “stream, current”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aiadil

    “just as the moon”
    From Proto-Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aiassem

    “graceful as the moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aibader

    “moon, full moon”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aibala

    “moon child”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aibanu

    “moon lady”
    From Turkic and Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aibar

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

  • Aiberdi

    “given by the moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aibike

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

  • Aibolat

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

  • Aibyn

    “courage, dignity”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aidana

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

  • Aidar

    “forelock, tuft of hair”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aidarkhan

    “Aidar the khan”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aidos

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

  • Aigali

    “moon and exalted”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aiganym

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

  • Aigerim

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

  • Aikelbet

    “moon-faced, comely”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aikumis

    “moon silver”
    From Proto-Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aikun

    “moon and sun”
    From Proto-Turkic and Kipchak · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aikyn

    “clear, evident”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Aimurat

    “moon and wish”
    From Proto-Turkic and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Aimyrza

    “moon gentleman”
    From Proto-Turkic and Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Ainakan

    “mirror + khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)”
    From Persian and Kipchak · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesLikely

What counts as a Turkic name here

A published name belongs to this page when any part of its origin label matches one of these words: turk, kipchak, chagatai, oghuz, karluk, bashkir, kyrgyz, kazakh, uzbek, azerbaijani, tatar and uyghur. That includes labels such as Proto-Turkic, Old Turkic, Kipchak and Chagatai, because they name Turkic languages or stages.

1,160 of the 1,694 names have only Turkic parts. The other 534 combine Turkic with Persian (283), Arabic (246) and Mongolic (8), so they also appear on those origin pages.

Background: Turkic names in Turkic languages

The Turkic languages form a family that stretches from Turkey and Azerbaijan across Central Asia to Xinjiang and Siberia, and the oldest written Turkic texts are the Old Turkic inscriptions of the eighth century. Names built from native words, such as animals, natural features and titles, are the part of Turkic naming that carries the language itself.

On this site a name counts as Turkic when an origin row names Turkic, Proto-Turkic, Old Turkic or a Turkic language or stage such as Kipchak, Chagatai or Ottoman Turkish. Many names are compounds that join a Turkic word to an Arabic or Persian one, and such names are counted under every origin that appears in their record.

Which languages use Turkic names

Turkic names are recorded most often for Turkish (735 names), Kazakh (668 names) and Uyghur (232 names). In all, 9 languages have at least one Turkic name in our data. A name used in several languages is counted once for each, so these numbers add up to more than 1,694.

Use the language buttons above the list to see only one language; they appear when the language has at least 12 Turkic names.

What Turkic names mean

By documented meaning theme, Turkic names fall most often under leadership and nobility (174), moon (148), strength and courage (112) and beauty (66). Of the 1,694 names, 422 (25 percent) have a Documented meaning, 209 are Likely and 1,063 are Editorial.

Building blocks that recur in these names include bek (lord, chief, master (title)), ay (moon; month), han (khan, ruler) and can (soul; life); each one links to its own page with the other names that use it.

Girl, boy and unisex Turkic names

The list holds 453 girl names, 1,004 boy names and 237 unisex names. Gender is recorded per language, so a name that is unisex in one language can be used for one gender only in another; the table on each name page shows this.

Choosing a Turkic name

If you want a name that is clearly native, combine this list with a theme such as moon, light or strength and open the building blocks on each name page. Native elements are shared between languages, so a Turkic name often exists in several spellings; check the spelling table before you decide which form to use on documents.

Example Turkic names

A short selection of published names of Turkic origin, such as Aynezer, Aqmuhemmed and Nevzat, with documented meanings first. Open any card to read the meaning, the origin sentence and the sources.

  • Aynezer

    “favoured girl”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  • Aqmuhemmed

    “the name Muhammad with the epithet Aq”
    From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur
    Boy4 syllablesDocumented

  • Nevzat

    “newborn”
    From Ottoman Turkish and Classical Persian · Turkish
    Unisex2 syllablesDocumented

  • Aychimen

    “the name Chimen with the epithet Ay”
    From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  • Dindar

    “one who follows the path of faith”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish, Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yeldos

    “nation, country + friend”
    From Kipchak and Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • İzzət

    “honour”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  • Ana

    “mother”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  • Eremxan

    “the name Erem with the epithet Khan”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

Questions and answers

What is a Turkic name on this site?

A published name whose origin record names Turkic or one of turk, kipchak, chagatai, oghuz and karluk. Right now that is 1,694 names, and the number changes when names are published or corrected.

How many Turkic names are girl names or boy names?

453 are girl names, 1,004 are boy names and 237 are unisex. The gender shown is the one recorded in our data, and it can differ between languages.

Which language has the most Turkic names?

Turkish has the most, with 735 names, followed by Kazakh (668). These counts show how many names we have researched for each language, not how common the names are.

Are Turkic-origin names also used as Turkic names?

Yes, by definition: these are the names whose records point to a Turkic root. Turkic names are used across the Turkic languages, and a name can still be recorded for one language only.

Do Turkic names mix with other origins?

Yes: 534 of 1,694 names combine Turkic with another origin, most often Persian (283 names). They appear on every origin page they belong to.

How reliable are the meanings of Turkic names here?

422 of 1,694 have a Documented meaning backed by a cited source, 209 are Likely, and 1,063 come from our own editorial research. The label is shown on every name card and name page.

Do Turkic names have fixed spellings?

Not across languages. The same element can be written with different vowels or letters in each language and script, for example in Latin, Cyrillic or Arabic script. Each name page lists the spellings we have recorded and marks romanizations separately.

Data & methodology

This page is built from the origin records of published names: 1,694 names match the Turkic pattern, and 534 of them also carry another origin. 1,694 names have a meaning label.

Published names
3,846 (3,344 with a meaning)
Documented
1,200 · cited source
Likely
376 · composed or plausible
Editorial
1,768 · our own research
Languages
10
Sources listed
3,863
Names on this page
1,694
Languages
9
Last data update
1 November 2026

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