Kazakh Origin Names - Behind the Name

Adilet m Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "justice" in Kyrgyz and Kazakh, ultimately from Arabic عدل (ʿadala) meaning "to act justly".

Aiday f Kazakh
Means "moon-like" in Kazakh, from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix дай (day) meaning "like".

Aikorkem f Kazakh
Means "elegant moon", derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and көркем (korkem) meaning "beautiful, elegant".

Ailin f Kazakh
Kazakh form of Aylin.

Aina 5 f Kazakh
Means "mirror" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آینه (āyneh).

Akmaral f Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and марал (maral) meaning "deer".

Aldiyar m Kazakh
Derived from the archaic Kazakh title алдияр (aldiyar), which was used to address a ruler (equivalent to English Your Majesty). The word is ultimately of Persian origin, but of uncertain meaning.

Alikhan m Kazakh
Combination of the name Ali 1 and the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader".

Alinur m Kazakh
From the given name Ali 1 combined with Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light".

Alisher m Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
From the given name Ali 1 combined with Persian شیر (shīr) meaning "lion". It was borne by the Timurid poet Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441-1501), who wrote in the Chagatai Turkic language.

Amirkhan m Tatar, Kazakh, Chechen, Circassian
From Arabic أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "commander" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".

Anar 2 f Kazakh
Variant of Anara.

Anara f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.

Anargul f Kazakh
Means "blooming pomegranate tree" in Kazakh.

Aqbota f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and бота (bota) meaning "young camel".

Araylym f Kazakh
Means "my beautiful" in Kazakh, from арайлы (arayly) meaning "beautiful, like the dawn" combined with a possessive suffix.

Aruzhan f Kazakh
Means "beautiful soul" in Kazakh.

Asel f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish
From Arabic عسل (ʿasal) meaning "honey".

Aslan m Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Literature
From 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 author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.

Asylym f Kazakh
Means "my dear" in Kazakh, derived from асыл (asyl) meaning "precious, noble" and the possessive suffix ым (ym).

Atabek m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
From the Turkic noble title atabeg, derived from ata meaning "father, ancestor" and beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Ayan 2 f & m Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "clear, obvious, revelation" in Kazakh and Azerbaijani, from Arabic عيان (ʿiyān) meaning "witnessing, seeing, clear", a derivative of عاين (ʿāyana) meaning "to see". It is feminine in Azerbaijan and masculine in Kazakhstan.

Ayana 2 f Kazakh
Feminine form of Ayan 2.

Ayaru f Kazakh
Means "beautiful moon", derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and ару (aru) meaning "beauty".

Ayaulym f Kazakh
Means "my beloved, my dear" in Kazakh, derived from аяулы (ayauly) meaning "beloved, dear" and the possessive suffix ым (ym).

Ayazhan f Kazakh
From an element of uncertain meaning combined with Kazakh жан (zhan) meaning "soul" (of Persian origin).

Aykorkem f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Айкөркем (see Aikorkem).

Aylin f Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "of the moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic ay "moon".

Ayna f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Айна (see Aina 5).

Ayym f Kazakh
Means "my moon" in Kazakh, derived from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the possessive suffix ым (ym).

Azamat m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir
Derived from Arabic عظمة (ʿaẓama) meaning "majesty, glory".

Azat m Tatar, Kazakh, Turkmen, Turkish, Armenian
Form of Azad in several languages.

Bekzat m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
From the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" and the Persian suffix زاد (zād) meaning "son of".

Bibigul f Kazakh
Means "nightingale" in Kazakh.

Bolat m Kazakh
From a Turkic word meaning "steel", ultimately from Persian.

Bulat m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Болат (see Bolat).

Damir 2 m Tatar, Kazakh
Meaning uncertain. It might be from a variant of Turkic temür meaning "iron" or from Arabic ضمير (ḍamīr) meaning "mind, heart, conscience". It could also be an acronym of the Russian phrase даёшь мировую революцию "bring on the world revolution".

Dinara f Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic دينار (dīnār), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of دين (dīn) meaning "religion".

Erasyl m Kazakh
Means "noble hero" in Kazakh, from ер (er) meaning "man, hero" and асыл (asyl) meaning "precious, noble".

Gauhar f Kazakh
From Persian گوهر (gōhar) meaning "jewel, gemstone".

Ingkar f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Іңкәр (see Inkar).

Inkar f Kazakh
Means "desire, passion" in Kazakh.

Inzhu f Kazakh
Means "pearl" in Kazakh.

Madina f Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Avar, Chechen
From the name of the city of Medina, Arabic المدينة (al-Madīna), which means "the city". The Saudi city is considered an Islamic holy site because the Prophet Muhammad was based there for a period.

Maksat m Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "goal, purpose, intention" in Turkmen, Kyrgyz and Kazakh, all derived from Arabic مقْصد (maqṣid).

Medina f Kazakh, Bosnian
Kazakh and Bosnian form of Madina.

Miras m Kazakh
Means "legacy, inheritance" in Kazakh, from Arabic ميراث (mīrāth) via Turkish.

Nurasyl m Kazakh (Rare)
From Kazakh нұр (nur) meaning "light" and асыл (asyl) meaning "precious, noble" (both words ultimately of Arabic origin).

Oraz m Turkmen, Kazakh
Means "fasting, Ramadan" in Turkmen and Kazakh (of Persian origin).

Ramazan m Turkish, Azerbaijani, Avar, Kazakh, Circassian, Albanian
Form of Ramadan in several languages.

Saltanat f Kazakh
Means "festival, celebration" in Kazakh.

Saule 2 f Kazakh
Means "ray, sunbeam" in Kazakh.

Serik m Kazakh
Means "support" in Kazakh.

Sezim f Kazakh
Means "sensitive" in Kazakh.

Sholpan f Kazakh
Means "Venus (the planet)" in Kazakh. Sholpan and Aiman are sisters in a 19th-century Kazakh epic poem, adapted into the play Aiman-Sholpan (1934) by Mukhtar Auezov.

Sultan m & f Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Indonesian
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.

Tamerlan m Chechen, Kazakh, Ingush, Ossetian, Azerbaijani
Form of Tīmūr e Lang (see Timur) used in several languages.

Togzhan f Kazakh
Possibly from Kazakh тоқ (toq) meaning "full, well-fed, prosperous" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Ulan m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "young man, boy" in Kazakh and Kyrgyz.

Zarina f Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay
From Persian زرین (zarīn) meaning "golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.

Zhalgas m Kazakh
Means "continuation, prolongation" in Kazakh.

Zhuldyz f Kazakh
Means "star" in Kazakh.

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