In earlier times, most Turkish names were patronymics, which means that the baby was given the first name or forename of the father. Married women can carry both their maiden and their spouse’s surname. With the introduction of Surname Law in 1934, all the citizens of Turkey were required to adopt an official surname. The first names are often derived from Turkish words that hold specific meanings. Most of the names are gender specific, but if parents want, they can select a unisex name as well. Want your child’s name to be a fusion of two cultures? How about going for a Turkish name? Turkish names have European and Asian influences, quite like we see in the culture and architecture of the country.Įvery Turkish child is given one or in some cases, two first names. Adorned Attraction Auspicious Awesome Best Blue Brave Bright Brilliant Calm Celebration Charitable Charming Chastity Chief Complete Conqueror Consciousness Constant Continuous Cool Cooperative Courage Creation Creative Creator Crystal Cupid Curious Dark Dear Death Decorated Delicate Delight Desire Devotee Direction Divine Dragon Dream Dusky Emotional Enthusiasm Equal Eternal Excellent Expert Fame Famous Father Favour Fearless Firm First Flame Flute Focus Fragrant Freedom Future Gain Generous Gift Glorious Glory Glow Gold Grace Great Green Guru Handsome Helpful Hero High History Holy Honest Honour Horizon Humble Humid Ideal Illuminated Immortal Incarnation Infinite Innocent Intellect Intelligence Kind Knowledge Lamp Leafy Learned Life Lion Luminous Lustrous Matchless Meditation Mercy Modest Mother New Night Noble Paradise Patience Perfect Permanent Philosopher Pink Pious Pleasant Plenty Praise Prayer Precious Priceless Pride Prowess Pure Quick Quiet Radiant Red Respect Restless Rich Righteous Rising Sacred Sage Sandalwood Secret Servant Shadow Sharp Shining Sight Silent Silken Simple Sincere Small Smooth Soft Song Soul Special Speech Stream Success Supreme Surprise Surrender Swift Tender Thirst Thought Treasure Triumph Truth Union Unique Universal Useful Victor Victorious Victory Wave Wealth Welcome White Winner Wish Wolf Worship Young