Turkish Origin Names

This is a list of names in which the origin is Turkish. Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey.
gender
usage
origin
Turgay m Turkish
Means "skylark" in Turkish.
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.
Ülkü f Turkish
Means "ideal" in Turkish.
Ulvi m Turkish
Means "exalted, high" in Turkish, from Arabic عُلْوِيّ ('ulwiy).
Ulviye f Turkish
Feminine form of Ulvi.
Ümit m Turkish
Means "hope" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian امید (omid).
Umut m & f Turkish
Variant of Ümit. The Turkish words umut and ümit are etymologically related synonyms.
Ural m Bashkir, Turkish
From 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.
Utku m Turkish
Means "victory" in Turkish.
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.
Yalçın m Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish.
Yamaç m Turkish
Means "mountainside" in Turkish.
Yaren f Turkish
Means "close friend", derived from Persian یاران (yaran).
Yaşar m Turkish
Means "lives, inhabits" in Turkish.
Yasemin f Turkish
Turkish form of Jasmine.
Yavuz m Turkish
Means "stern, grim" in Turkish.
Yeşim f Turkish
Means "jade" in Turkish.
Yeter f Turkish
Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.
Yiğit m Turkish
Means "brave" in Turkish.
Yıldırım m Turkish
Means "lightning" in Turkish.
Yıldız f Turkish
Means "star" in Turkish.
Yılmaz m Turkish
Means "dauntless, intrepid" in Turkish.
Yonca f Turkish
Means "clover" in Turkish.
Yunus Emre m Turkish
Combination of Yunus and Emre, given in reference to the 13th-century poet.
Zeki m Turkish
Means "intelligent" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic ذكيّ (dhakiy).
Zekiye f Turkish
Feminine form of Zeki.
Zümra f Turkish
From Turkish zümrüt meaning "emerald", derived via Arabic from Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).