Bashkir Names - Behind the Name

Airat Айрат m Tatar, Bashkir
Alternate transcription of Tatar/Bashkir Айрат (see Ayrat).

Akhmat Әхмәт m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of Ahmad.

Alfia Әлфиә f Bashkir, Tatar
Possibly derived from Arabic ألْف (ʾalf) meaning "thousand". Alternatively, it may be of Turkic origin.

Amina 1 Әминә f Arabic, Bosnian, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen, Ingush, Kazakh, Urdu, Swahili, Hausa
Derived from Arabic أمن (ʾamina) meaning "safe, secure". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was young.

Amir 1 Әмир m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.

Aygol Айгөл f Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of Aygül.

Ayrat Айрат m Tatar, Bashkir
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Arabic خيرات (khayrāt) meaning "good deeds". Alternatively it could be from the name of the Oirat people, a western Mongol tribe.

Azamat Азамат m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir
Derived from Arabic عظمة (ʿaẓama) meaning "majesty, glory".

Elwira Эльвира f Polish, Tatar, Bashkir
Polish, Tatar and Bashkir form of Elvira.

Farida Фәриҙә f Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Bengali, Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Farid.

Farit Фәрит m Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir form of Farid.

Guzal Гүзәл f Tatar, Bashkir
Means "beautiful" in Tatar and Bashkir.

Ibrahim Ибраһим m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Pashto, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Avar, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Albanian, Hausa, Swahili
Arabic form of Abraham, also used in several other languages. This form appears in the Quran.

Ildar Илдар m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir form of Eldar, as well as an alternate transcription of Tatar Илдар (see İldar).

Ilshat Илшат m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir form of Elşad, as well as an alternate transcription of Tatar Илшат (see İlshat).

Ilyas Ильяс m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Kazakh, Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir
Arabic form of Elijah, also used in several other languages.

Irek 1 Ирек m Tatar, Bashkir
Means "freedom, liberty" in Tatar and Bashkir, of Turkic origin.

Khamza Хәмзә m Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir
Kazakh, Tatar and Bashkir form of Hamza.

Khasan Хәсән m Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Ingush, Bashkir, Tatar
Form of Hasan in various languages.

Mansur Мансур m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "victorious, supported" in Arabic, a derivative of نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid". Abu Jafar al-Mansur was an 8th-century Abbasid caliph and the founder of the city of Baghdad.

Maryam Мәрйәм f Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Bashkir, Tatar
Arabic form of Miryam (see Mary) appearing in the Quran. It is also the form used in several other languages. In Iran it is also the name of a flower, the tuberose, which is named after the Virgin Mary.

Narkas Нәркәс f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Narges.

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

Rinat 1 Ринат m Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Tatar, Bashkir and Kazakh form of Renat.

Ruslan Руслан m Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, Malay
Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

Samat Самат m Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Tatar
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir and Tatar form of Samad.

Ural Урал m Bashkir, Turkish
From the name of the Ural Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly from Turkic aral meaning "island, boundary". This is the name of the title character in the Bashkir epic Ural-batyr.

Zemfira Земфира f Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Literature
Meaning unknown, possibly of Romani origin. This name was (first?) used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem The Gypsies (1827).

Zifa Зифа f Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir form of Ziba 1.

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