Browse Submitted Names

Abdi m Arabic, Indonesian, Turkish, Persian
Derived from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant".

Abdülhadi m Turkish
Turkish form of Abdul Hadi.

Abdülhamid m Ottoman Turkish
Older form of Abdülhamit.

Abdülmecid m Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish form of Abd al-Majid. This was the name of a Sultan and 2 Caliphs of the Ottoman Empire.

Abdülmecit m Turkish
Turkish form of Abd al-Majid.

Abdülmelik m Turkish
Turkish form of Abd al-Malik

Abdulsamet m Turkish
Combination of Abdul and Samet.

Abdulvahap m Turkish
Turkish form of Abd al-Wahab.

Abdülvehhâb m Ottoman Turkish
Turkish version of 'Abd al-Wahhab

Abdurrahim m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحيم (see Abd ar-Rahim), as well as the Turkish and Indonesian form.

Abide f Turkish
Directly taken from Turkish abide meaning "monument".

Abidin m Indonesian, Malay, Turkish
Derived from Arabic عابدين ('abidayn) meaning "worshippers", the plural of عابد ('abid) meaning "worshipper, servant".

Abuzer m Turkish
Turkish form of Abu Dharr.

Acar f & m Turkish
Means "fearless" or "clever" in Turkish.

Acarsu f Turkish
Means "stream, river, running water" in Turkish.

Açelya f Turkish
Derived from Turkish açelya "azalea".

Aci m Turkish
Variant of Hacı.

Acun m Turkish
Means "cosmos, universe" in Turkish.

Adak m & f Turkish
Means "vow, offering" in Turkish.

Adal m & f Turkish
From Turkish ad "name" and al- "receive". Means "May your name be spread, may you achieve fame" in Turkish.

Adeviye f Turkish
Means "goodness" in Turkish.

Adilşah f Ottoman Turkish
From Arabic عادل ('adil) meaning "just, fair, equitable" and Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king, shah".

Adın m Turkish
Means "What is your name?" in Turkish.

Afet f Turkish
Means "ravishingly beautiful" in Turkish.

Afife f Turkish
Derived from Turkish afif meaning "chaste" or "uncorrupted".

Afitab f Ottoman Turkish
Means "sun" in Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Persian آفتاب (āftāb).

Afra f Turkish
thirteenth night of the month

Afrodit f Turkish
Turkish version of the name Aphrodite.

Agan m Turkish
Means "shooting star" in Turkish.

Ahenk m Turkish
Means "harmony, tune" in Turkish.

Ahmir m Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew
Variant of Amir 1.

Ahoo f Turkish
Variant of Ahu.

Ahteran f Turkish
Means "stars" in Turkish.

Aira f Turkish

Aisel f Turkish
Variant of Aysel.

Akagündüz m Turkish
From Turkish aka "white" and gündüz "daytime".

Akan m Turkish
Means "flowing" in Turkish.

Akar m Turkish
Means "flowing" in Turkish.

Akasya f Turkish (Rare)
Turkish form of Acacia.

Akay f & m Turkish
From Turkish ak, meaning "white" and ay, meaning "moon".

Akça m & f Turkish
Means "pale" in Turkish.

Akcan m & f Turkish
Means "dear friend" in Turkish. Combination of common Turkish words "ak" meaning "white", and "can" meaning "life".

Akdöl m Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" combined with döl meaning "progeny".

Akın m Turkish
Means "influx, rush, invasion, raid" in Turkish.

Akıncı m Turkish
From Turkish akıncı meaning "akinji, cavalry soldier, raider".

Akkaya m Turkish
Combination of Turkish ak "white" and kaya "rock".

Akkutlu f Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and kutlu meaning "happy, blessed".

Aksel m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ak "white; clear; pure" and sel "flood; whitewater; torrent".

Akyıldız f & m Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word ak meaning "white" and yıldız meaning "star".

Alaeddin m Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish (Rare)
Variant transcription or form of Ala ad-Din.

Alaettin m Turkish
Variant of Alaattin.

Alara f Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.

Alayça f Turkish

Alaz m & f Turkish
Means "flame" in Turkish

Alçiçek f Turkish
Means "scarlet flower" in Turkish.

Alemşah f & m Ottoman Turkish
From Ottoman Turkish alem meaning "world, universe" combined with şah meaning "shah, king".

Alesta f Turkish
Means "alert" or "watchful" in Turkish.

Alev f & m Turkish
Means "flame" in Turkish.

Algı f Turkish
Means "perception" in Turkish.

Aliasaf m Turkish
Combination of the names Ali 1 and ASAF.

Alican m Turkish
Combination of Ali 1 and Can.

Alihan m Turkish

Ali Rıza m Turkish
Turkish form of Alireza.

Alişan m Turkish

Aliyar m Arabic, Turkish
From Arabic عالي (eali), meaning "high".

Almila f Turkish
Derived from Turkish al "red" and elma "apple".

Alpay m Turkish
Means "Brave moon" in Turkish. Alp meaning Brave and Ay meaning Moon.

Alper m Turkish
It is composed of the two words alp ''brave'' or ''hero'' and er ''soldier'' or ''male''. See Alp.

Alpertunga m Turkish
It is composed of the three words alp "brave" or "hero", er "soldier" or "male" and tunga "tiger". A mythical hero who was mentioned in Turkic mythology and the Epic of Alp Er Tunga. The name is sometimes mentioned as the khan of Scythia... [more]

Altay m Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Turkish
From the name of the Altay Mountains.

Altemur m Turkish
Means "red iron" in Turkish.

Altina f Ottoman Turkish, Jewish

Altuğ m Turkish
Means "Red Banner" in Turkish.

Alya f Turkish

Anadolu m Turkish
Turkish form of Anatolios.

Andaç m Turkish
Means "souvenir" in Turkish.

Andelib f Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish form of Andalib.

Aras m Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Urdu
In Kurdish and Persian it means “equal”, “balanced”. The word Aras commonly refers to the Aras River, which flows through Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan.

Ardeşir m Turkish
Turkish form of Ardashir.

Ardıç f Turkish (Modern)
From Turkish ardıç, meaning "juniper". This is a modern invention.

Arife f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Arif, meaning "learned, knowing, expert".

Arin m & f Turkish
Of unknown origin and meaning, maybe related to Turkish arın meaning "purified".

Arkin m Turkish
Old and wise man.

Armağan m & f Turkish
Means "gift, bestowal" in Turkish.

Arpad m Turkish
Probably comes from arpacık in Turkish meaning "stye" or arpa in Turkish meaning "barley". It has relation with Hungarian name Árpád via barley.

Arpat m Turkish
Turkish version of Árpád.

Artemiz f Turkish (Rare)
Turkish form of Artemis.

Arya f Turkish
Popular girl's name in modern Turkey, from the Persian Arya 1.

Arzum f Turkish, Azerbaijani (Rare)
Means "my wish, my desire", from Turkish and Azerbaijani arzu meaning "wish, desire" (of Persian origin) and the first person singular possessive suffix -m.

Ashina f & m Indian, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese

Asi f Turkish
In Turkish means "rebellious, wild"

Asima f Turkish
Means "exceeding; one who exceeds" in Turkish.

Aşkay f Turkish (Modern, Rare)
From Turkish aşk meaning "love" and ay meaning "moon".

Asker m Turkish
Means "soldier" in Turkish.

Aşkim f Turkish
Means "my love" in Turkish.

Aşkın m & f Turkish
Means "exceeding, transcending, over, beyond" in Turkish.

Aslana f Turkish (Rare), Malaysian (Rare)

Asmin f Turkish, Indian

Asu f Medieval Turkic, Turkish
Means naughty in Turkish

Aşubcan f Ottoman Turkish
Means "turmoil of the soul", from Persian آشوب (ashub) meaning "riot, turmoil" and جان (jan) meaning "soul, being, life".

Asude f Turkish
Means "tranquil, peaceful, quiet" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian آسوده (āsūda).

Atahan m Turkish
The name Atahan first originated in 1930s after the Kemalist revolution. Legends speculate that people who bear this name tend to have network connection problems.

Atakan m Turkish
From Turkish ata "father, ancestor" and kan "blood".

Atalay m Turkish
Famous, well-known.

Atay m Turkish
A masculine form of the name Ataya. Also it means appoint in turkish.

Ateş f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ateş, meaning "fire, heat, temperature, blaze".

Ateş m & f Turkish
Fire, blaze.

Atesh m Turkish (Expatriate)
Variant of Ateş.

Atik m Turkish
Means "alert, agile, swift" in Turkish.

Atike f Turkish
Turkish form of Atika

Atiye f Turkish
Turkish form of Atiya.

Atiyetullah f Ottoman Turkish
Means "gift of Allah", from Arabic عطية ('atiyya) meaning "gift" and الله (Allah).

Avni m Turkish, Albanian
Derived from Arabic عون (ʿawn) meaning "helper".

Ay m & f Turkish
Means "moon" (also, by extension, "month") in Turkish.

Ayan m Urdu, Persian, Tamil, Sanskrit, Hindi, Turkish
Persian and Urdu meaning is prima-facie. Hindi and Tamil usage is from 'Ayan' the name of Brahma, the Creator. Ayan' in Turkish, means "obviously" or "clearly". Ayan in Sanskrit means 'Speed'.

Ayben f Turkish
Turkish feminine name derived from ay "moon" and ben "I", usually translated as "I am like the moon".... [more]

Aybige f Turkish
An alternate spelling of Aybüke, deriving from Turkish ay meaning "moon" combined with büke meaning "queen, woman".

Aybike f Turkish
One of medieval Turkic feminine names, Aybüge consists of Ay (the Moon) and Büge (lady, madam, gentlewoman). The name means "lady of the moon" Its form Aybüge is modernized as Aybike in modern Turkish.

Aybora m Turkish
Combination of Turkish ay "moon" and bora "storm, squall".

Aybüke f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and büke "queen, woman".

Ayça f Turkish
Means "crescent, new moon" in Turkish.

Aycan f & m Turkish
Combination of Turkish ay "moon" and can "soul, life, being".

Aydemir m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and demir meaning "iron".

Ayden f Turkish, Muslim (Rare)
Feminine version of Aydin, also a girl muslim name.

Aydinç m & f Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and dinç "vigorous".

Aydoğan f & m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and doğan “falcon”.

Aydoğmuş m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and doğmuş "born".

Aykız f Turkish
Ay meaning “Moon” in Turkish and Kız Meaning “Girl” in Turkish

Aylan m & f Kurdish, Turkish
Means "openness, space, square" in Kurdish.

Ayli f Turkish (Rare)

Aymaral f Turkish
From the Turkish ay meaning "moon" and maral meaning "doe, deer".

Aymira f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish (?), Tuvan (?)
The first part is likely derived from Turkic "ay" or "ай" in Cyrillic, meaning moon.

Aynaz f Iranian, Turkish
Iranian variant and Turkish form of Ainaz.

Aynî f Ottoman Turkish
Derived from Turkish aynı meaning "same, unchanged".

Aynişah f Ottoman Turkish
Derived from Turkish aynı meaning "same, unchanged" and şah meaning "shah, king".

Aynülhayat f Ottoman Turkish
Means "spring of life", ultimately from Arabic عين ('ayn) meaning "spring, eye" and حياة (hayah) meaning "life".

Ayşa f Turkish (Rare), Chechen
Turkish variant form of Ayşe and Chechen variant transcription of Aysha.

Aysa f Turkish
Aysa is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means “moonlike”, “beautiful”, “radiant”.

Ayşad m Turkish (Rare), Azerbaijani (Rare)
From ay meaning "moon" and Persian شاد (shād) meaning "happy, glad".

Ayse f Turkish (Anglicized)
Form of Ayşe used outside of Turkey.

Ayşedeniz f Turkish
Combination of Ayşe and Deniz.

Aysemin f Turkish

Ayşen f Turkish
Means "merry moon" in Turkish, from Turkic ay meaning "moon, month" and şen meaning "happy".

Ayser f Turkish

Aysev f Turkish
Modern Turkish name taken from the common name element ay, meaning "moon" and sev, which could be taken from the words sevgi or sevmek meaning "love" and "to love" respectively... [more]

Ayşil f Turkish

Ayşin f Turkish
As beautiful as moon.

Aysuna f Turkish (Rare)
Variant of Aysun.

Aytaş m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and taş meaning "stone".

Aytek m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and tek meaning "one, only, single".

Aytekin m Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" combined with the Turkic title tegin meaning "prince".

Aytuğ m Turkish
Means "moon banner" in Turkish.

Aytun m & f Turkish
Derived from the Turkish words ay meaning "moon" and tun meaning "light" or "brightness."

Aytunç m Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and tunç meaning "bronze".

Ayün f Turkish
Modern Turkish name taking the common name element ay, meaning "moon" and the element ün, meaning "fame".

Ayzel f Turkish
Variant of Aysel.

Azamet m & f Turkish
Means "greatness, granduer, magnificance" in Turkish.

Azelya f Turkish (Rare)
Variant of Azalea.

Azemina f Bosnian, Turkish
It probably has its origins from the Arabic language. Az coming from the word عز meaning strength or might and amin coming from the word أمين meaning trustworthy.

Azim m Turkish
Means "perseverance" in Turkish.

Azime f Turkish
Turkish form of Azima.

Azmi m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Turkish
Derived from Arabic عزم ('azm) meaning "resolution, resolve, determination".