BerkeБэрхm & fTurkish, Medieval Mongolian From Turkish berk and Mongolian бэрх (berkh) both meaning "strong, firm" or "difficult, hard", derived from Old Turkic bérk. This was the name of a ruler of the Mongol Golden Horde from 1257-1266... [more]
BoraqchinБорагчинfMedieval Mongolian Meaning uncertain, possibly from Mongolian борогчин (borogchin) meaning "(female) bird" or "brown skin (of female animals)". This was the name of a 13th-century Alchi Tatar woman and the senior wife of Mongol ruler Batu Khan (c... [more]
BörteБөртэfHistory, Medieval Mongolian This was the name of the first wife of Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. Borte, or Börte, became the head of the first Court of Genghis Khan, and Grand Empress of his Empire.
ChabifMedieval Mongolian Empress Chabi (1225–1281) was a Khongirad empress consort of the Yuan dynasty in China, married to Kublai Khan. As such, she was the wife to the Mongol Khagan who had conquered all of China in the 1270s.
GüyükГүюгmMedieval Mongolian Güyük (c. 1206–1248) was the third Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
HoelunӨэлүнfMedieval Mongolian Etymology uncertain. Name borne by an Olkhonud woman, who was the mother of Genghis Khan.
IbaqaИбагаfMedieval Mongolian Etymology uncertain, name borne by a Kerait princess that became a wife of Genghis Khan. He divorced her after two years of marriage, and she remarried to the general Jürchedei.
JamukhaЖамухаmMedieval Mongolian Of uncertain etymology. Jamukha was a Mongol military and political leader and the chief rival to Temüjin (later Genghis Khan) in the unification of the Mongol tribes.
JayaatumMedieval Mongolian Jayaatu Khan (16 February 1304 – 2 September 1332) is regarded as the 12th Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
JochiЗүчи, ᠵᠥᠴᠢmMedieval Mongolian From Mongolian зочин (zochin) meaning "guest". This was the name of a son of Mongol khagan Genghis Khan.
KhutughtumMedieval Mongolian Means "blessed" in Mongolian. Khutughtu Khan (December 22, 1300 – August 30, 1329) was the 13th Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
KhutulunХутулунfMedieval Mongolian Of uncertain etymology, name borne by a Mongol noblewoman renowned for her athletic prowess and strength in battle (c.1260 - c.1306).
KokachinfMedieval Mongolian Kokachin was a 13th-century Mongol princess from the Yuan dynasty in China, belonging to the Mongol tribe of the Bayaut.
KurdujinfMedieval Mongolian (Rare) A notable bearer of this name was Kurdujin Khatun, Ilkhanid princess and ruler of Kerman and Shiraz. The Iranian village of Kardowjin (كاردوجين) was named after her.
ÖgedeiӨгэдэй, ᠥᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, ᠣᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, ᠥᠭᠦᠳᠡᠢmMedieval Mongolian Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Turkish ok "arrow" and tay "colt". This name was borne by Ögedei Khan (1186–1241), the second khagan of the Mongol Empire and a son of Genghis Khan.
PusuwanfMedieval Mongolian, History, Chinese Derived from Chinese 普 (pu) meaning "wide, universal", 速 (su) meaning "quick, fast" and 完 (wan) meaning "whole, complete". It was the name of the name of an Empress of Qara Khitai.
Qutlughᠺᠦ᠋ᠲᠯᠤᠭfMedieval Mongolian Etymology uncertain. This was the Mongol personal name of Princess Supreme Jeguk, who was the wife of Chungnyeol of Goryeo.
RagibaghmMedieval Mongolian Ragibagh (Arigabag) (1320-1328) is regarded as the 11th Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
RinchinbalmMedieval Mongolian From Tibetan rin chen meaning ''precious, valuable, dear'' and dpal meaning ''glory, splendor''.... [more]
ShirindariШилийндалайfMedieval Mongolian Etymology uncertain, name borne by a Mongolian khatun who was the consort of Temür Khan. She was later posthumously honored as a Yuan dynasty empress.
Sorghaghtaniᠰᠤᠷᠬᠠᠭᠲᠠᠨᠢ, СорхагтаниfMedieval Mongolian Possibly deriving in part from the Mongolian element ᠦᢈᠢᠨ okhin ("girl"). Name borne by a powerful Mongol noblewoman, who was posthumously honoured as an empress of the Yuan dynasty.
TabuyanfMedieval Mongolian, History, Chinese Derived from Chinese 塔 (ta) meaning "tower, pagoda, spire", 不 (bu) meaning "not" and 煙 (yan) meaning "smoke, mist". It was the name of the name of an Empress of Qara Khitai.
TaydulafMedieval Mongolian Possibly means "having a foal tail", deriving from the Turkic element tay ("colt"). Name borne by a queen consort of the Mongol Horde.
TemügeТэмүгэmMedieval Mongolian Ffrom the Turkic word temür meaning "iron" combined with the Mongolian suffix -ge used for personal names. This was the name of the youngest brother of Genghis Khan.
TemülünтэмүлүнfMedieval Mongolian From the stem "temü", meaning "iron", and "lun", a feminine name suffix. Temülün was the sister of Genghis Khan, or Temüjin.
YesüderЕсүдэрmMedieval Mongolian From the Mongolic root *yersün meaning "nine" combined with the suffix -der used for masculine names.
Yesugeiᠶᠢᠰᠦᠭᠡᠢ, ЕсүхэйmMedieval Mongolian Means "like nine", deriving from the Mongolian element yesun ("nine"). Name borne by the father of Genghis Khan.
YesülünЕсүлүнfMedieval Mongolian From the Mongolic root *yersün meaning "nine" combined with the suffix -lün used for feminine personal names.
YesünmMedieval Mongolian Meaning comes from number nine yesun in Mongolian, which is considered especially lucky and represents abundance.... [more]
ZhenjinmMedieval Mongolian This name means "true gold" in Chinese. Zhenjin (1243 – January 5, 1286) was the second son of Kublai Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty. He was designated as the Crown Prince by Kublai Khan in 1273, and became the head of the Central Secretariat... [more]