Selçuk m TurkishPossibly derived from a diminutive form of the Turkic root
sil meaning
"clean, pure". Selçuk was the eponymous leader of the Seljuk Turks, who established the Seljuk Empire in the Middle East in the 11th century.
Selim m Turkish, AlbanianTurkish and Albanian form of
Salim. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans, including the father of Süleyman the Magnificent.
Selin f TurkishFrom Turkish
sel meaning
"flood, torrent" (a word of Arabic origin).
Selvi f TurkishMeans
"cypress" in Turkish (derived from Persian, ultimately from Sumerian).
Şener m TurkishFrom Turkish
şen meaning "happy" and
er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Şenol m & f TurkishMeans
"be happy", from Turkish
şen "happy".
Serap f TurkishMeans
"mirage" in Turkish (a word of Arabic origin).
Serhan m TurkishDerived from Turkish
ser meaning "head, top" and
han, which is from the title
khan meaning "leader".
Serkan m TurkishMeans
"leader, chief" from Turkish
ser "head, top" and
kan "blood".
Sevda f Turkish, AzerbaijaniMeans
"love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic
سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".
Sibel f TurkishPossibly a Turkish form of
Cybele. It was borne by the main character in Refik Halit Karay's novel
İkibin Yılın Sevgilisi (1954).
Simay f TurkishMeans
"silver moon" in Turkish, from
sim meaning "silver, glitter" and
ay meaning "moon".
Soner m TurkishFrom Turkish
son meaning "last, final" and
er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Songül f TurkishFrom Turkish
son meaning "last, final" and
gül meaning "rose".
Süleyman m Turkish, AzerbaijaniTurkish 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.
Sultan m & f Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, IndonesianMeans
"ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.
Suna f TurkishFrom the Turkish word for a type of duck, the shelduck (genus Tadorna).
Taner m TurkishFrom Turkish
tan meaning "dawn" and
er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Timur m Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, HistoryFrom the Turkic and Mongol name
Temür meaning
"iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as
Tamerlane (from Persian
تیمور لنگ (Tīmūr e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.
Tuba f Arabic, TurkishFrom the name of a type of tree that is believed to grow in heaven in Islamic tradition. It means "blessedness" in Arabic.
Tuğçe f TurkishDerived from Turkish
tuğ meaning
"banner, crest", referring to a type of banner made of horse hairs used in the Ottoman Empire, ultimately from Chinese
纛 (dào).
Tuğrul m TurkishFrom 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.
Turan m & f Turkish, AzerbaijaniFrom Persian
توران (Tūrān), a historical region in Central Asia, originally inhabited by nomadic Iranian peoples. It is traditionally said to mean
"land of Tur". The place is mentioned frequently in the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh.
Ufuk m TurkishMeans
"horizon" in Turkish, of Arabic origin.
Umay f Mythology, TurkishFrom a Turkic word meaning
"womb" or
"placenta". This was the name of a Turkic and Mongolian goddess associated with childbirth.
Ümit m TurkishMeans
"hope" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian
امید (omīd).
Ural m Bashkir, 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.
Vural m TurkishPossibly from Turkish
vur meaning
"strike, hit".
Yasin m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, TurkishFrom the Arabic letters
ي (called
ya) and
س (called
sin). These letters begin the 36th chapter of the Quran (surah Ya Sin).
Zeki m TurkishMeans
"intelligent, clever" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic
ذكيّ (dhakīy).
Ziya m Arabic, TurkishMeans
"splendour, light, glow" in Arabic. This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.