Turkish names

## Male names

**Adem**

**Adnan**

* Meaning settler.

**Ahmet**

* Meaning highly praised. Turkish form of Ahmed.

**Akdemir**

**Aldemir**

**Ali**

* Menaing noble.

**Alper**

* Meaning brave.

**Altan**

* Meaning red dawn.

**Aşık (Ashik)**

* A mystical bard

**Aslan**

* Meaning lion.

**Aydemir**

**Aydın**

* Meaning bright, enlightened.

**Baba**

* Meaning wise man. Also an honorific name

**Bahadır**

* Meaning brave, hero.

**Barlas**

* Meaning chivalrous warrior.

**Başar (Bashar)**

* Meaning achieve, thrive.

**Batuhan**

* Meaning firm. Derived from Batu Khan

**Bayram**

**Behçet (Behchet)**

**Bekir**

* Derived from Abu Bakr

**Berat**

**Berk**

* Meaning bright like lightening. (British people may laugh now)

**Berkay**

* Meaning bright moon.

**Beyazid**

* Meaning father of Yazid

**Birkan**

**Boran**

* Derived from Boreas, Greek god of winter

**Burak**

**Burhan**

* Meaning proof.

**Cafer (Jafer)**

* Meaning spring. Turkish form of Jafar.

**Çağatay (Chagatay)**

* Derived from Chagatai Khan

**Çağlar (Chaglar)**

**Cahit (Jahit)**

**Can (Jan)**

* Meaning spirit, life, heart.

**Candemir (Jandemir)**

* Meaning iron heart.

**Çelik (Chelik)**

* Meaning steel.

**Cem (Jem)**

* Turkish form of Jamshid.

**Cemal (Jemal)**

**Cemil (Jemil)**

**Cengiz (Jengiz)**

* Turkish form of Genghis

**Cenk (Jenk)**

**Çetin (Chetin)**

* Meaning tough, robust.

**Cevdet (Chevdet)**

* Turkish form of Jawdat.

**Çevik**

**Ceyhun (Jeyhun)**

**Cüneyt (Juneyt)**

* Meaning soldier. Turkish form of Junayd.

**Demir**

* Meaning iron.

**Derviş (Dervish)**

* Meaning dervish

**Devlet**

**Doğan (Dogan)**

**Doğuş (Dogush)**

**Durmuş (Durmush)**

**Dursun**

**Emin**

* Meaning trustworthy. Turkish form of Amin.

**Emir**

* Meaning prince. Turkish form of Amir.

**Emirhan**

**Ercan (Erjan)**

**Erdal**

**Erdem**

* Meaning kind, knowledge, virtue.

**Erden**

**Erdinç (Erdinch)**

**Erdoğan (Erdogan)**

* Meaning born as a warrior.

**Eymen**

**Hasan**

* Meaning handsome and good. Turkish form of Hassan.

**Hüseyin**

* Meaning handsome. Turkish form of Hussein.

**Ibrahim**

* Menaing friend of God. Turkish form of Abraham.

**İsmail**

* Turkish form of Ishmael.

**Mustafa**

* Meaning the chosen one.

**Ömer**

* Meaning long lived, charismatic. Turkish form of Omar.

**Yasef**

* Meaning God will add. Turkish form of Joseph.

**Yusuf**

* Meaning God will add. Turkish form of Joseph.

## Female names

**Aliye**

* Meaning high, exalted. Turkish form of Aliya.

**Asena**

**Aybike**

* Meaning moon queen.

**Ayça (Aycha)**

* Menaing crescent moon.

**Ayda**

* Meaning riverside plant.

**Aydan**

* Meaning from the moon.

**Ayfer**

**Aygül**

* Meaning moon rose.

**Ayla**

* Meaning halo of light around the moon.

**Aylin**

* Meaning moon halo.

**Aynur**

**Ayşe (Ayshe)**

* Meaning she who lives. Turkish form of Aisha.

**Ayşegül (Ayshegul)**

* Meaning she who lives with a smile.

**Aysel**

* Meaning moon stream.

**Aysun**

* Meaning face is as beautiful as the moon.

**Azra**

**Bahar**

* Meaning spring.

**Belinay**

**Beyaz**

* Meaning white.

**Birgül**

* Meaning one rose.

**Ceren (Jeren)**

* Meaning baby gazelle.

**Ceyda (Jeyda)**

* Meaning tall and beautiful.

**Dilara**

* Menaing beautiful heart.

**Ecrin (Ejrin)**

**Elif**

**Emine**

* Meaning faithful, courageous.

**Meryem**

* Meaning beloved. Turkish form of Mary.

**Nehir**

**Nisanur**

**Şerife (Sherife)**

**Yağmur (Yagmur)**

* Meaning rain.

**Zehra**

* Meaning beautiful, flower. Turkish form of Zahra.

**Zeynep**

* Meaning fragrant flower. Turkish form of Zaynab.