AIBEK Айбек m Kazakh, KyrgyzDerived from Turkic
ay "moon" combined with the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master".
AIGERIM Әйгерім f KazakhMeans
"wonderful moon", from Kazakh
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and
керім (kerim) meaning "wonderful".
ALI (1) Әли m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Kazakh, Dhivehi, Albanian, BosnianMeans
"lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet
Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shia Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.
... [more] ALIKHAN Әлихан m KazakhCombination of the name
ALI (1) and the Turkic title
khan, which means "ruler, leader".
ANARA Анара f Kazakh, KyrgyzFrom Kazakh and Kyrgyz
анар (anar) meaning
"pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
ANARGUL Анаргүл f KazakhMeans
"blooming pomegranate tree" in Kazakh.
ASLAN Аслан m Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, CircassianFrom 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.
BOLAT Болат m KazakhFrom a Turkic word meaning
"steel", ultimately from Persian.
DINARA Динара f Kazakh, Tatar, KyrgyzMeaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic
دينار (dinar), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin
denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of
دين (din) meaning "religion".
MADINA Мәдина f Kazakh, Avar, ChechenFrom the name of the city of Medina, Arabic
المدينة (al-Madinah), which means "the city". The Saudi city is considered an Islamic holy site because the Prophet
Muhammad was based there for a period.
NAZGUL Назгүл f Kyrgyz, KazakhDerived from Persian
ناز (naz) meaning "delight, comfort" and
گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".
NURISLAM Нұрислам m KazakhFrom Kazakh
нұр (nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) combined with
Islam, the name of the religion (ultimately from Arabic
إسلام).
NURLAN Нұрлан m Kazakh, KyrgyzFrom Kazakh
нұр (nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) combined with
ұлан (ulan) meaning "young man, soldier". The corresponding Kyrgyz roots are
нур and
улан.
NURSULTAN Нұрсұлтан m KazakhFrom Kazakh
нұр (nur) meaning "light" and
сұлтан (sultan) meaning "sultan, king" (both words of Arabic origin).
NURZHAN Нұржан m KazakhFrom Kazakh
нұр (nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) and
жан (zhan) meaning "soul" (of Persian origin).
RUSLAN Руслан m Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, MalayForm of
YERUSLAN used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem
Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.
TIMUR Тимур m Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, 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 (Timur e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of Western Asia.
ZARINA Зарина f Kazakh, Urdu, MalayFrom Persian
زرین (zarin) meaning
"golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.