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Şenol m & f Turkish
Means "be happy", from Turkish şen "happy".

Serdar m Turkish, Turkmen
Turkish and Turkmen form of Sardar.

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

Serhat m Turkish
Means "frontier" in Turkish.

Şerif m Turkish
Turkish form of Sharif.

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

Seyfettin m Turkish
Turkish form of Sayf ad-Din.

Seyfullah m Turkish
Turkish form of Sayfullah.

Seyyid m Turkish
Turkish form of Sayyid.

Seyyit m Turkish
Turkish form of Sayyid.

Soner m Turkish
From Turkish son meaning "last, final" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Süheyl m Turkish
Turkish form of Suhail.

Şükrü m Turkish
Means "thankful" in Turkish, derived from Arabic شكر (shukr).

Süleyman m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Turkish 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.

Talât m Turkish
Turkish variant of Talat, using an optional circumflex accent.

Talip m Turkish
Turkish form of Talib.

Taner m Turkish
From Turkish tan meaning "dawn" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Tarık m Turkish
Turkish form of Tariq.

Tayfun m Turkish
Means "typhoon" in Turkish, derived from the English word, itself of Arabic origin, perhaps ultimately Chinese.

Taylan m Turkish
Means "tall" in Turkish.

Tayyip m Turkish
Turkish form of Tayyib.

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

Tevfik m Turkish
Turkish form of Tawfiq.

Timuçin m Turkish
Turkish form of Temujin.

Tolga m Turkish
Means "helmet" in Turkish.

Toprak m & f Turkish
Means "soil, land, country" in Turkish.

Toygar m Turkish
Means "lark" in Turkish.

Tugay m Turkish
Means "brigade, troops" in Turkish.

Tuğrul m Turkish
From the Turkish word for a mythical bird of prey, also called a turul, derived from a Turkic word meaning "falcon". This was the name of the 11th-century founder of the Seljuk Empire.

Tunç m Turkish
Means "bronze" in Turkish.

Tuncay m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "bronze moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Turgay m Turkish
Means "skylark" in Turkish.

Turki m Arabic
Means "Turk, Turkish" in Arabic. The word itself is of Turkic origin.

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

Ufuk m Turkish
Means "horizon" in Turkish, of Arabic origin.

Uğur m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "luck, fortune" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Ulvi m Turkish
Means "exalted, high" in Turkish, from Arabic علْويّ (ʿulwīy).

Ümit m Turkish
Means "hope" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian امید (omīd).

Ümran m Turkish
Turkish form of Umran.

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

Utku m Turkish
Means "victory" in Turkish.

Vahit m Turkish
Turkish form of Wahid.

Vedat m Turkish
Turkish masculine form of Widad.

Veli 2 m Turkish, Albanian
Turkish and Albanian form of Wali.

Volkan m Turkish
Means "volcano" in Turkish.

Vural m Turkish
Possibly from Turkish vur meaning "strike, hit".

Yağız m Turkish
Means "brown, chestnut (colour)" in Turkish.

Yağmur f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Yahya m Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic form of Yoḥanan (see John) appearing in the Quran, as well as the Turkish and Persian form. This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in Islam.

Yakup m Turkish
Turkish form of Jacob.

Yalçın m Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish.

Yamaç m Turkish
Means "mountainside, slope" in Turkish.

Yaşar m Turkish
Means "lives, inhabits" in Turkish.

Yaser m Persian, Turkish, Arabic
Persian and Turkish form of Yasir, as well as an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

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

Yiğit m Turkish
Means "brave" in Turkish.

Yıldırım m Turkish
Means "lightning" in Turkish.

Yılmaz m Turkish
Means "dauntless, intrepid" in Turkish.

Zafer m Turkish
Turkish form of Zafar.

Zekeriya m Turkish
Turkish form of Zechariah.

Zeki m Turkish
Means "intelligent, clever" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic ذكيّ (dhakīy).

Ziyaeddin m Turkish (Rare)
Turkish variant form of Ziya ad-Din.

Ziyaettin m Turkish
Turkish form of Ziya ad-Din.

Zoltán m Hungarian, Slovak
Possibly related to the Turkish title sultan meaning "king, sultan". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Hungary, also known as Zsolt.

Zülfikar m Turkish
Turkish form of Zulfiqar.