The Most Popular Turkish Boy Names

In this article, you'll find an extensive list of Turkish baby boy names. It covers traditional Turkish boy names, more modern Turkish boy names, common Turkish boy names and the most popular first names for boys in Turkey over the last 100 years.

Turkish boy names: nice to meat you

When Bora Dağtekin's series “Türkisch für Anfänger” (Turkish for Beginners) first aired in 2006, it was a hit on German TV from the very first second. It centers on the German-Turkish Schneider-Öztürk couple and the culture clashes in their newly formed blended family, which go far beyond choosing between schnitzel and sucuk.

Metin, a police officer of Turkish descent, and his son Cem, a stereotypical teenage macho in the middle of puberty, take you into Turkish culture with plenty of comedy and delicious food: a culture full of history, tradition, religion and hospitality. As with many other nationalities, these elements show up in one way or another in how Turkish boys are named, and that is what we'll look at more closely in this article. Because, as they say in Turkey: “A good name is half the battle.”

Traditional Turkish boy names

It probably won't surprise anyone who is interested in Turkey (and is reading this article for exactly that reason), but Turkey's history is rich and complex and spans thousands of years. From prehistoric times through the Byzantine era to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and today's Turkey, the country has seen many faces over the centuries. Some of these faces still carry fairly traditional names, a few of which are listed below with their meanings.

Just like the name Ömer, Turkey has truly lived a long life full of change. So don't worry, Cem: that means your puberty will end at some point too, because nothing lasts forever.

Modern Turkish boy names

Traditions play a big role in Turkish culture, of course, but that doesn't mean there's no room for something new. After all, you can't keep tea in the fridge, and in the same way, fresh ideas shouldn't be hidden away. So in recent years, many Turkish parents have chosen modern names for their boys, and you'll find a few cool (pun intended) examples below.

The modern Turkish boy names above really are like a breath, a breeze, a wind, if you judge a Turkish boy name by its meaning alone.

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Common Turkish boy names

With an area of around 783,356 square kilometers, it almost seems as if there couldn't be such a thing as an “ordinary” name in Turkey. But of course some names come up more often than others, even in a country this size. In the list below, you'll find some of these common Turkish boy names and what they mean.

If it wasn't on the street or at the bakery on the corner, you've surely heard one of these common Turkish boy names on a popular TV show...

Most popular Turkish boy names of the last 100 years

A hundred years is a long time for any country, but with the founding of today's Republic of Turkey in the last century, Turkey has gone through a particularly large number of changes. Secularism and modernization have both shaped the most popular Turkish boy names of the last 100 years listed below in many ways.

Good, beautiful, beautiful, good. Either way, the most popular Turkish boy names of the last 100 years may have seen plenty of ups and downs, but the meanings behind them have always stayed steady.

Our top 100 Turkish boy names

If none of our Turkish boy names has caught your eye yet, here are 100 more Turkish baby boy names and their meanings.

Final thoughts on Turkish boy names

After browsing all these lists, you've surely moved up from “Turkish for Beginners” to “Turkish Boy Names for Experts,” and without a single TV show!

Metin, Cem and all the other traditional or modern Turkish boy names the country has to offer: we at Lottili are curious to see whether history, tradition and religion will play a leading or a supporting role in how names are chosen in the years ahead.

Sources:

You can find the sources for the Turkish name statistics here:

https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Search/Search?text=name&dil=2