Azerbaijani Origin Names

Ağa m Azerbaijani
From a Turkic title (usually rendered agha in English) meaning "lord, master".

Anar 1 m Azerbaijani
Means "will understand" in Azerbaijani.

Aslan m Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Literature
From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.

Ayan 2 f & m Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "clear, obvious, revelation" in Kazakh and Azerbaijani, from Arabic عيان (ʿiyān) meaning "witnessing, seeing, clear", a derivative of عاين (ʿāyana) meaning "to see". It is feminine in Azerbaijan and masculine in Kazakhstan.

Ayaz m Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu
From Turkish and Azerbaijani ayaz meaning "frost" or "dry and cold air". This was the name of a slave and later companion of the 11th-century sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

Aydan 1 f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "from the moon", from Turkish and Azerbaijani ay "moon" combined with an ablative suffix.

Aylin f Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "of the moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic ay "moon".

Azad m Persian, Hindi, Bengali, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish
Means "free" in Persian. This word has derivatives in several other languages, such as Hindi and Turkish.

Baba m Azerbaijani
From a nickname or honorific meaning "old man" in Azerbaijani.

Bahar f Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Banu f Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Persian بانو (bānū) meaning "lady".

Cəsur m Azerbaijani
Means "bold, brave" in Azerbaijani.

Ceyhun m Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Arabic جيحون (Jayḥūn), from Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥon), which in the Old Testament is a river originating in the Garden of Eden. The river's name itself is derived from Hebrew גִּיחַ (giyaḥ) meaning "to burst forth". In Islamic tradition it is identified with the Amu Darya, a river in central Asia.

Çiçək f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Çiçek.

Damla f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "water drop" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Dəniz f & m Azerbaijani
Means "sea" in Azerbaijani.

Dərya f & m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Darya 2.

Dilək f Azerbaijani
Means "wish, desire" in Azerbaijani.

Elchin m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Elçin.

Elçin m Azerbaijani
Possibly means "ambassador" in Azerbaijani.

Elvin 2 m Azerbaijani
Meaning uncertain, possibly in part from Azerbaijani el meaning "country, society".

Fateh m Urdu, Azerbaijani
Urdu and Azerbaijani form of Fatih.

Fidan f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "sapling" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Günəş f Azerbaijani
Means "sun" in Azerbaijani.

Hicran f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "separation, parting" in Turkish and Azerbaijani (of Arabic origin).

İlkin m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "first" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

İlqar m Azerbaijani
Means "promise, faithfulness" in Azerbaijani.

İnci f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "pearl" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

İradə f Azerbaijani
Means "will, determination, decree" in Azerbaijani, derived from Arabic إرادة (ʾirāda).

Kənan m Azerbaijani
From the Azerbaijani name for the ancient region of Canaan.

Könül f Azerbaijani
Means "heart, soul, desire" in Azerbaijani.

Ləman f Azerbaijani
Possibly derived from Arabic لمعان (lamaʿān) meaning "shine, gleam".

Mədinə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Madina.

Mələk f Azerbaijani
Means "angel" in Azerbaijani, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Maral f Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Turkmen
Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Mətanət f Azerbaijani
Means "firmness" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic متانة (matāna).

Mehriban f Azerbaijani
Means "kind, gracious" in Azerbaijani, from Persian مهربان (mehrabān).

Nəfəs f Azerbaijani
Means "breath" in Azerbaijani, derived from Arabic نفس (nafas), ultimately related to the root نفس (nafusa) meaning "to be precious".

Nərmin f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Nermin.

Nərminə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Nermin.

Nəsib m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani masculine form of Nasiba.

Nəsibə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Nasiba.

Nihad m Bosnian, Azerbaijani
Bosnian and Azerbaijani form of Nihat.

Nilay f Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Turkish and Azerbaijani Nil, the name of the Nile River, combined with ay meaning "moon".

Ömür f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "life" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from Arabic عمر (ʿumr).

Pərvin f & m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Parvin.

Qulu m Azerbaijani
Means "servant" in Azerbaijani. It is sometimes used as the second part of compound names.

Qurban m Urdu, Azerbaijani
From Arabic قربان (qurbān) meaning "sacrifice, sacrificial animal". It is associated with the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, which features the ritual sacrifice of an animal.

Ramazan m Turkish, Azerbaijani, Avar, Kazakh, Circassian, Albanian
Form of Ramadan in several languages.

Ramil m Tatar, Bashkir, Azerbaijani
Derived from Arabic رمْل (raml) meaning "sand, geomancy, divination, magic".

Şəbnəm f Azerbaijani
Means "dew" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.

Səma f Azerbaijani
Means "sky" in Azerbaijani, from Arabic سماء (samāʾ).

Sevda f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".

Sevinc f Azerbaijani
Means "joy" in Azerbaijani.

Sevinj f Azerbaijani
Variant of Sevinc.

Solmaz f Turkish, Azerbaijani, Persian
Means "unfading, unwilting" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, a negative form of the Turkic root sol "to fade, to wilt".

Sultan m & f Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Indonesian
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.

Tamerlan m Chechen, Kazakh, Ingush, Ossetian, Azerbaijani
Form of Tīmūr e Lang (see Timur) used in several languages.

Təranə f Azerbaijani
Means "music, song" in Azerbaijani.

Tarana f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Təranə.

Telman m Azerbaijani
Soviet-era name derived from the usual Azerbaijani spelling of the surname of the German communist party leader Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944; see Thälmann).

Tunar m Azerbaijani (Modern)
Meaning unknown.

Tural m Azerbaijani
Means "to be alive" in Azerbaijani.

Turan m & f Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Persian توران (Tūrān), a historical region in Central Asia, originally inhabited by nomadic Iranian peoples. It is traditionally said to mean "land of Tur". The place is mentioned frequently in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.

Uğur m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "luck, fortune" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Ülvi m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ulvi.

Ülviyyə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani feminine form of Ulvi.

Ümid m Azerbaijani
Means "hope" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Persian امید (omīd).

Vüsal m Azerbaijani
Means "meeting, joining" in Azerbaijani.

Vüsala f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Vüsalə.

Vüsalə f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Vüsal.

Yağmur f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Zərifə f Azerbaijani
Means "gentle, pleasant" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic ظريف (ẓarīf).

Zümrüd f Azerbaijani
Means "emerald" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.