ASLANmTurkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, CircassianFrom Turkic
arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The name
Aslan was later used by the author C. S. Lewis for the main protagonist (a lion) in his 'Chronicles of Narnia' series of books, first appearing in 1950.
AYTAÇm & fTurkishDerived from Turkish
ay meaning "moon" and
taç meaning "crown" (of Persian origin).
BERATmTurkishPossibly from Turkish
berat meaning "letters patent".
BORA (1)mTurkishMeans "storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek
Βορεας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.
BURAKmTurkishFrom Arabic
براق (Buraq), the name of the legendary creature that, according to Islamic tradition, transported the Prophet
Muhammad. Its name is derived from Arabic
برق (barq) "lightning".
ÇAĞATAYmTurkishFrom the Mongolian name
Tsagadai (of unknown meaning), which was borne by the second son of
Genghis Khan, known as
Chagatai in English.
CENKmTurkishMeans "battle, war" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
DERVİŞmTurkishFrom a Turkish word, which exists in English as
dervish, for a Sufi ascetic. It is ultimately from Avestan
drigu meaning "needy, poor".
DERYAf & mTurkishMeans "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
EMİRHANmTurkishDerived from Turkish
emir "amir, prince" and
han "khan, ruler, leader".
ERCANmTurkishFrom Turkish
er "brave man" and
can "soul, life".
ERHANmTurkishFrom Turkish
er "brave man" and
han, which is from the title
khan meaning "leader".
ESERf & mTurkishMeans "product, achievement" in Turkish.
EVRENm & fTurkishMeans "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
FIRATmTurkishFrom the Turkish name of the Euphrates River, which was derived from Old Persian
Ufratu, itself derived from Elamite or Sumerian.
GÖKHANmTurkishFrom Turkish
gök meaning "sky" and
han, which is from the title
khan meaning "leader".
HASANmArabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, IndonesianMeans "handsome", derived from Arabic
حسن (hasuna) meaning "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of
Ali and the grandson of the Prophet
Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as
Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic.
İLHANmTurkishFrom the Mongolian title
il-Khan meaning "subordinate
Khan", which was first adopted by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulagu, who ruled a kingdom called the Ilkhanate that stretched from modern Iran to eastern Turkey.
İLKAYf & mTurkishMeans "new moon" in Turkish, derived from
ilk "first" and
ay "moon".
İLKERmTurkishMeans "first man" in Turkish, derived from
ilk "first" and
er "man, brave".
KAĞANmTurkishFrom a Turkish title meaning "king, ruler", ultimately of Mongolian origin. The title is usually translated into English as
Khan.
KEMALmTurkishTurkish form of
KAMAL (1). This was the second name, acquired in his youth, of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), the founder of modern Turkey.
KUDRETmTurkishMeans "power, might" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
LEVENTmTurkishFrom the Ottoman Turkish term
levend, referring to a member of the navy, which is possibly ultimately derived from Italian
levante "person from the eastern Mediterranean". The Turkish word has now come to mean "tall, handsome, roguish".
MANSURmArabic, Turkish, IndonesianMeans "victorious" in Arabic. Abu Jafar al-Mansur was an 8th-century Abbasid caliph and the founder of the city of Baghdad.
MEHMEDmOttoman Turkish, BosnianOlder form of
MEHMET, as well as the Bosnian form. This was the name of six sultans of the Ottoman Empire, including Mehmed II the conqueror of Constantinople.
MERTmTurkishMeans "manly, brave" in Turkish, from Persian
مرد (mard) meaning "man".
MUSTAFAmArabic, TurkishMeans "the chosen one" in Arabic, an epithet of
Muhammad. This was the name of four Ottoman sultans. Another famous bearer was Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), also known as Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.
ORHANmTurkishDerived from Turkish
or "great" and the title
khan meaning "leader". This was the name of a 14th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
OSMANmTurkishTurkish form of
UTHMAN. This was the name of the founder of the Ottoman Empire (14th century).
RAHMİmTurkishMeans "merciful" in Turkish, ultimatey from Arabic.
SELİMmTurkishTurkish form of
SALIM. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans, including the father of Süleyman the Magnificent.
SERHANmTurkishDerived from Turkish
ser "head, top" and
han, which is from the title
khan meaning "leader".
SERKANmTurkishMeans "leader, chief" from Turkish
ser "head, top" and
kan "blood".
SÜLEYMANmTurkishTurkish form of
SOLOMON. Süleyman the Magnificent was a sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. He expanded Ottoman territory into Europe and Persia, reformed the government, and completed several great building projects.
SULTANm & fArabic, Turkish, Urdu, Bengali, AvarMeans "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.
TARIKmTurkishTurkish form of
TARIQ. This name is spelled with a Turkish dotless
i, as
Tarık.
UMUTm & fTurkishVariant of
ÜMİT. The Turkish words
umut and
ümit are etymologically related synonyms.
URALmBashkir, TurkishFrom the name of the Ural Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly from Turkic
aral meaning "island, boundary". This is the name of the title character in the Bashkir epic 'Ural-batyr'.