Baby Names

The most given baby names in Türkiye

Official birth registration figures from TÜİK, showing which names families chose most.

How this list is made

Ranked by the number of babies registered with each name. Latest official data: 2025.

Source: TÜİK, İstatistiklerle Çocuk, 2025. Meanings and origins come from a reviewed corpus based on the Turkish Language Association's dictionary of given names.

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30 names

Alya
No. 1
Meaning: Loftiness, height.
Origin: Arabic
8,739 babies · in 2025
Defne
No. 2
Meaning: The laurel, an evergreen with fragrant leaves
Origin: Greek
7,716 babies · in 2025
Gökçe
No. 3
Meaning: Beautiful and striking; blue-eyed
Origin: Turkish
7,582 babies · in 2025
Zeynep
No. 4
Meaning: Precious stones; jewels
Origin: Arabic
6,228 babies · in 2025
Asel
No. 5
Meaning: Honey.
Origin: Arabic
5,855 babies · in 2025
Umay
No. 6
Meaning: A goddess named in the Orkhon inscriptions, protector of the young
Origin: Turkish
5,644 babies · in 2025
Asya
No. 7
Meaning: The east
Origin: Arabic
5,071 babies · in 2025
Elisa
No. 8
Meaning: From the root of Elisabeth / Elisheva; associated with the sense “God is my oath”.
Origin: Hebrew
4,548 babies · in 2025
İnci
No. 9
Meaning: The lustrous gem that forms inside a shellfish; a pearl
Origin: Turkish
4,012 babies · in 2025
Duru
No. 10
Meaning: Clear and unclouded
Origin: Turkish
3,869 babies · in 2025
Elif
No. 11
Meaning: The first letter of the Arabic alphabet; slender and tall
Origin: Arabic
3,713 babies · in 2025
Zümra
No. 12
Meaning: Emerald.
Origin: Turkish
3,531 babies · in 2025
Mihra
No. 13
Meaning: Love, friendship, affection.
Origin: Persian
3,467 babies · in 2025
Miray
No. 14
Meaning: A lord radiant as the moon
Origin: Persian · Turkish
3,409 babies · in 2025
Lina
No. 15
Meaning: In Arabic use “soft, tender”; also a kind of palm tree.
Origin: Arabic · Multiple origins
3,334 babies · in 2025
Eflin
No. 16
Meaning: A name established in modern use; its exact origin and dictionary meaning are not confirmed in reliable etymological sources.
Origin: Origin uncertain
2,952 babies · in 2025
Güneş
No. 17
Meaning: The sun
Origin: Turkish
2,905 babies · in 2025
Elâ
No. 18
Meaning: Hazel, of the eyes
Origin: Persian
2,883 babies · in 2025
Meryem
No. 19
Meaning: The mother of Jesus; a devout woman
Origin: Arabic
2,743 babies · in 2025
Eylül
No. 20
Meaning: September
Origin: Arabic
2,633 babies · in 2025
Ada
No. 21
Meaning: An island; a piece of land surrounded by water.
Origin: Turkish
2,603 babies · in 2025
Ceylin
No. 22
Meaning: A name established in modern use; its exact origin and dictionary meaning are not confirmed in reliable sources.
Origin: Origin uncertain
2,577 babies · in 2025
Arya
No. 23
Meaning: Noble, honourable.
Origin: Sanskrit
2,544 babies · in 2025
İpek
No. 24
Meaning: The fine, lustrous thread and cloth from the silkworm's cocoon; also graceful, delicate
Origin: Turkish
2,523 babies · in 2025
Doğa
No. 25
Meaning: Nature, the natural world
Origin: Turkish
2,491 babies · in 2025
Nehir
No. 26
Meaning: A river
Origin: Arabic
2,460 babies · in 2025
Mira
No. 27
Meaning: A name of several origins; associated with “peace” in Slavic languages and with “wonderful, extraordinary” in its Latin root.
Origin: Multiple origins
2,186 babies · in 2025
İkra
No. 28
Meaning: Read; recite.
Origin: Arabic
2,183 babies · in 2025
Masal
No. 29
Meaning: A tale, a story.
Origin: Turkish
2,124 babies · in 2025
Sare
No. 30
Meaning: One who leaps
Origin: Arabic
2,066 babies · in 2025

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