Tatar Names

Tatar names are used in Tatarstan in Russia.
gender
usage
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 Әлфия f Bashkir, Tatar
Possibly derived from Arabic ألْف (ʾalf) meaning "thousand". Alternatively, it may be of Turkic origin.
Alfiya Әлфия f Tatar
Alternate transcription of Tatar Әлфия (see Alfia).
Aliya 1 Алия f Arabic, Kazakh, Tatar, Urdu
Feminine form of Ali 1. This can also be another way of transcribing the related name عالية (see Aaliyah).
Alsu Алсу f Tatar
Means "pink" in Tatar.
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.
Amirkhan Әмирхан m Tatar, Kazakh, Chechen, Circassian
From Arabic أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "commander" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".
Anvar Әнвәр m Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz and Tatar form of Anwar.
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.
Azat Азат m Tatar, Kazakh, Turkmen, Turkish, Armenian
Form of Azad in several languages.
Damir 2 Дамир m Tatar, Kazakh
Meaning uncertain. It might be from a variant of Turkic temür meaning "iron" or from Arabic ضمير (ḍamīr) meaning "mind, heart, conscience". It could also be an acronym of the Russian phrase даёшь мировую революцию "bring on the world revolution".
Daniyar Данияр m Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Derived from Persian دانا (dānā) meaning "wise" and یار (yār) meaning "friend, companion".
Dinara Динара f Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic دينار (dīnār), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of دين (dīn) meaning "religion".
Elmira 2 Эльмира f Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani
Possibly from Turkic el meaning "country, society" combined with Arabic أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "commander".
Elwira Эльвира f Polish, Tatar, Bashkir
Polish, Tatar and Bashkir form of Elvira.
Farida Фәридә f Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Bengali, Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Farid.
Farit Фәрит m Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir form of Farid.
Gölnara Гөлнара f Tatar
Tatar form of Golnar.
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.
İldar Илдар m Tatar
Tatar form of Eldar.
Ildar Илдар m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir form of Eldar, as well as an alternate transcription of Tatar Илдар (see İldar).
İlshat Илшат m Tatar
Tatar form of Elşad.
Ilshat Илшат m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir form of Elşad, as well as an alternate transcription of Tatar Илшат (see İlshat).
Irek 1 Ирек m Tatar, Bashkir
Means "freedom, liberty" in Tatar and Bashkir, of Turkic origin.
Karim Кәрим m Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Means "generous, noble" in Arabic, from the root كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous". In Islamic tradition الكريم (al-Karīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
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.
Marat Марат m Tatar
Tatar form of Murad.
Maryam Мәрьям 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.
Mohammad Мөхәммәд m Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Tatar, Indonesian, Malay
Persian form of Muhammad, as well as an alternate transcription for Arabic and several other languages.
Mokhammad Мөхәммәд m Tatar
Tatar form of Muhammad.
Mokhammat Мөхәммәт m Tatar
Tatar form of Muhammad.
Nail Наиль m Arabic, Turkish, Tatar
Means "attainer" in Arabic.
Ramil Рамил m Tatar, Bashkir, Azerbaijani
Derived from Arabic رمْل (raml) meaning "sand, geomancy, divination, magic".
Räshit Рәшит m Tatar
Tatar form of Rashid.
Ravil Равил m Tatar
Meaning unknown, possibly of Arabic origin.
Rinat 1 Ринат m Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Tatar, Bashkir and Kazakh form of Renat.
Röstäm Рөстәм m Tatar
Tatar form of Rostam.
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.
Shamil Шамил m Arabic, Kazakh, Avar, Chechen, Tatar, Azerbaijani
Means "comprehensive, universal" in Arabic, a derivative of شمل (shamila) meaning "to contain".
Tälgat Тәлгать m Tatar
Tatar form of Talat.
Timur Тимур m Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, History
From the Turkic and Mongol name Temür meaning "iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Tīmūr e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.
Yosif Йосыф m Bulgarian, Tatar
Bulgarian and Tatar form of Joseph.
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.