The names listed here are used in Turkey. For more information see about Turkish names. See also Arabic names.

ADEM   m   Turkish
Turkish form of ADAM

AHMED   m   Arabic, Turkish
Variant transcription and Turkish form of AHMAD... [more]

AHMET   m   Turkish
Turkish form of AHMAD

ALP   m   Turkish
Means "brave" in Turkish.

ALTAN   m   Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.

ARZU   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "desire" in Persian (and in Turkish, where it is derived from Persian).

ASİL   m   Turkish
Means "noble" in Turkish.

ASLAN   m   Turkish
Means "lion" in Turkish... [more]

ASLI   f   Turkish
Means "genuine, real" in Turkish.

ATA (1)   m   Turkish
Means "ancestor" in Turkish.

AYDIN   m   Turkish
Means "enlightened" in Turkish.

AYGÜL   f   Turkish
Means "moon rose" in Turkish.

AYLA (2)   f   Turkish
Possibly means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish.

AYLİN   f   Turkish
Possibly means "moon halo" in Turkish.

AYŞE   f   Turkish
Turkish form of 'AISHA

AYSEL   f   Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "moon stream" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

AYSU   f   Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and su "water".

AYSUN   f   Turkish
Means "as beautiful as the moon" in Turkish.

BAHAR   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "spring" in Persian.

BANU   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "lady" in Persian.

BARİŞ   m   Turkish
Means "peace" in Turkish.

BASAK   f   Turkish
Means "wheat" in Turkish.

BELGİN   f   Turkish
Means "clear" in Turkish.

BERK   m   Turkish
Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.

BERKANT   m   Turkish
Means "solid oath" in Turkish.

BERKER   m   Turkish
Means "solid man" in Turkish.

BERNA   f   Turkish
Means "young" in Turkish.

BİLGE   f   Turkish
Means "wise" in Turkish.

BORA (1)   m   Turkish
Means "hurricane" in Turkish.

BULUT   m   Turkish
Means "cloud" in Turkish.

BÜNYAMIN   m   Turkish
Turkish form of BENJAMIN

BURAK   m   Turkish
From Arabic براق (Buraq), the name of the legendary creature that, according to Islamic tradition, transported the Prophet Muhammad... [more]

BURCU   f   Turkish
Means "sweet smelling, fragrant" in Turkish.

ÇAĞATAY   m   Turkish
From the Mongolian name Chagatai (of unknown meaning), which was borne by the second son of Genghis Khan.

CAN   m   Turkish
Means "soul" or "life" in Turkish.

CANAN   f   Turkish
Means "beloved" in Turkish.

CEREN   f   Turkish
Means "young gazelle" in Turkish.

COSKUN   m   Turkish
Means "enthusiastic" in Turkish.

DENİZ   f & m   Turkish
Means "sea" in Turkish.

DERYA   f & m   Turkish
Means "ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

DİLARA   f   Turkish
Means "lover" in Turkish.

DİLEK   f   Turkish
Means "wish, desire" in Turkish.

DİRENÇ   m   Turkish
Means "resistance" in Turkish.

DUYGU   m & f   Turkish
Means "emotion, sensation" in Turkish.

EBRU   f   Turkish
Means "paper marbling" in Turkish... [more]

ECE   f   Turkish
Means "queen" in Turkish.

EDA   f   Turkish
Means "well-mannered" in Turkish.

EDİZ   m   Turkish
Means "high" in Turkish.

EKİN   f   Turkish
Means "harvest" in Turkish.

ELİF   f   Turkish
From Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.

ELMAS   f   Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish.

EMEL   f   Turkish
Means "desire" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin, making this name a relative of Amal.

EMİN   m   Turkish
Means either "trustworthy" or "confident" in Turkish.

EMİNE   f   Turkish
Feminine form of EMİN

EMİR   m   Turkish
Turkish form of AMIR (1)

EMRE   m   Turkish
Means "friend" in Turkish.

ENDER   m   Turkish
Means "very rare" in Turkish.

ENGİN   m   Turkish
Means "vast" in Turkish.

ERDEM   m   Turkish
Means "virtue" in Turkish.

EREN   m   Turkish
Means "saint" in Turkish.

EROL   m   Turkish
Means "brave" in Turkish.

ESEN   f   Turkish
Means "the wind" in Turkish.

ESER   f & m   Turkish
Means "product, achievement" in Turkish.

ESİN   f   Turkish
Means "inspiration" in Turkish.

EVREN   m & f   Turkish
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish.

FİDAN   f   Turkish
Means "sapling" in Turkish.

FİLİZ   f   Turkish
Means "sprout, shoot" in Turkish.

FIRAT   m   Turkish
From the Turkish name of the Euphrates River, which is possibly derived from Old Persian Ufratu "good place to cross".

GAYE (2)   f   Turkish
Means "goal" in Turkish.

GİZEM   f   Turkish
Means "mystery" in Turkish.

GÖKER   m   Turkish
Means "man of the sky" in Turkish.

GONCA   f   Turkish
Turkish form of GHONCHEH

GÖZDE   f   Turkish
Means "favourite" in Turkish.

GÜL   f   Turkish
Turkish form of GUL

GÜLAY   f   Turkish
Means "rose month" in Turkish.

GÜLBAHAR   f   Turkish
Turkish form of GULBAHAR

GÜLİSTAN   f   Turkish
Turkish form of GULISTAN

HAKAN   m   Turkish
Means "emperor, ruler" in Turkish.

HANDE   f   Turkish
Means "to smile" in Turkish.

HAVVA   f   Turkish
Turkish form of EVE

HAZAN   f   Turkish
Means "autumn" in Turkish.

HIKMET   m   Turkish
Turkish form of HIKMAT

İBRAHİM   m   Turkish
Turkish form of ABRAHAM

İLHAMİ   m   Turkish
Means "inspiration" in Turkish.

İLKAY   f & m   Turkish
Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

İLKER   m   Turkish
Means "first man" in Turkish.

İLKİN   m   Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "first" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

İPEK   f   Turkish
Means "silk" in Turkish.

İRMAK   f   Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

İSKENDER   m   Turkish
Turkish form of ALEXANDER

KADER (2)   f   Turkish
Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

KADRİ   m   Turkish
Means "value" in Turkish.

KELEBEK   f   Turkish
Means "butterfly" in Turkish.

KİRAZ   f   Turkish
Means "cherry" in Turkish.

KORAY   m   Turkish
Means "ember moon" in Turkish.

KUDRET   m   Turkish
Means "power, might" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

LEVENT   m   Turkish
Possibly means "handsome" in Turkish.

MEHMED   m   Turkish
Variant of MEHMET

MEHMET   m   Turkish
Turkish form of MUHAMMAD... [more]

MELEK (2)   f   Turkish
Means "angel" in Turkish (ultimately of Arabic origin).

MERYEM   f   Turkish
Turkish form of Miriam (see MARY).

METİN   m   Turkish
Means "strong" in Turkish.

MÜGE   f   Turkish
Means "lily" in Turkish.

MUHAMMET   m   Turkish
Turkish form of MUHAMMAD

MURAT   m   Turkish
Turkish form of MURAD

MUSA   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of MOSES

NERGİS   f   Turkish
Means "daffodil" in Turkish.

NESRİN   f   Turkish
Turkish form of NASRIN

NİLÜFER   f   Turkish
Turkish form of NILOFER

NURAY   f   Turkish
Means "bright moon" in Turkish.

ÖMER   m   Turkish
Turkish form of UMAR

ONUR   m   Turkish
Means "honour" in Turkish.

OSMAN   m   Turkish
Turkish form of UTHMAN... [more]

OZAN   m   Turkish
Means "bard" in Turkish.

ÖZGE   f   Turkish
Means "other, different" in Turkish.

ÖZGÜR   m & f   Turkish
Means "free" in Turkish.

ÖZLEM   f   Turkish
Means "yearning" in Turkish.

PEMBE   f   Turkish
Means "pink" in Turkish.

PINAR   f   Turkish
Means "spring" in Turkish.

SAVAS   m   Turkish
Means "war" in Turkish.

ŞEBNEM   f   Turkish
Turkish form of SHABNAM

SELİM   m   Turkish
Turkish form of SALIM... [more]

SERHAN   m   Turkish
Derived from Turkish ser "head, top" and han, which is from the title khan meaning "leader".

SERHAT   m   Turkish
Means "frontier" in Turkish.

SERKAN   m   Turkish
Means "leader, chief" from Turkish ser "head, top" and kan "blood".

SEVDA   f   Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "love" in Turkish.

SEVGİ   f   Turkish
Means "love" in Turkish.

SİMGE   f   Turkish
Means "symbol" in Turkish.

SONER   m   Turkish
Means "last man" in Turkish.

SU (1)   f   Turkish
Means "water" in Turkish.

SÜLEİMAN   m   Turkish
Variant of SÜLEYMAN

SÜLEYMAN   m   Turkish
Turkish form of SOLOMON... [more]

TEMEL   m   Turkish
Means "fundamental, basic" in Turkish.

TOLGA   m   Turkish
Means "helmet" in Turkish.

TÜLAY   f   Turkish
Means "tulle moon" in Turkish.

TUNÇ   m   Turkish
Means "bronze" in Turkish.

TURGAY   m   Turkish
Means "lark (bird)" in Turkish.

TUTKU   f & m   Turkish
Means "passion" in Turkish.

UFUK   m   Turkish
Means "horizon" in Turkish.

UMUT   m & f   Turkish
Means "hope" in Turkish.

VOLKAN   m   Turkish
Means "volcano" in Turkish.

YAĞMUR   f   Turkish
Means "rain" in Turkish.

YAHYA   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Yochanan (see JOHN).

YAKUP   m   Turkish
Turkish form of JACOB

YAVUZ   m   Turkish
Means "stern, grim" in Turkish.

YETER   f   Turkish
Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.

YILDIZ   f   Turkish
Means "star" in Turkish.

YONCA   f   Turkish
Means "clover" in Turkish.

YUNUS   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of JONAH

YUSUF   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Yosef (see JOSEPH).

ZEKİ   m   Turkish
Means "intelligent" in Turkish (ultimately of Arabic origin).

ZEYNEP   f   Turkish
Turkish form of ZAYNAB