Most Popular Names in Turkey
The most popular names in Turkey for 2023 were Asel — meaning "honey" — for girls, and Alparslan for boys. Alparslan means "heroic lion" in Turkish, and is the title of an ancient sultan.
Along with Asel, other popular girl names in Turkey include Zeynep, Defne, Zümra, and Asya. In addition to Alparslan, the top boy names include Yusuf, Göktuğ, Ömer Asaf, and Miraç.
Turkey is a majority Muslim country, and many of their popular baby names are either Arabic names with Islamic significance, or Turkish variations of these. For example, both Muhammed and its Turkish form Mehmet are in the Top 30 boy names. Alongside these on the charts are names from the Turkish language, and from ancient history and legends.
For popular names lists from around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names and Popular Boy Names.
- 1Alparslan
- 1Asel
- 2Yusuf
- 2Zeynep
- 3Göktuğ
- 3Defne
- 4Ömer Asaf
- 4Zümra
- 5Miraç
- 5Asya
- 6Ömer
- 6Elif
- 7Kerem
- 7Elisa
- 8Eymen
- 8Lina
- 9Metehan
- 9Gökçe
- 10Aras
- 10Ecrin
- 11Muhammed
- 11Masal
- 12Mustafa
- 12Meryem
- 13Ali Asaf
- 13Eslem
- 14Ali
- 14Eylül
- 15Atlas
- 15Azra
- 16Muhammed Ali
- 16Miray
- 17Hamza
- 17Nehir
- 18Ahmet
- 18Duru
- 19Poyraz
- 19Güneş
- 20Çinar
- 20Alya
- 21Aslan
- 21Ada
- 22Mehmet
- 22Mihra
- 23Miran
- 23Ela
- 24Yiğit
- 24Ebrar
- 25Alperen
- 25İkra
- 26Ayaz
- 26Zehra
- 27Umut
- 27Efnan
- 28Kuzey
- 28Doğa
- 29Aybars
- 29Kumsal
- 30Mert
- 30Umay