Oğuzhan is a common masculine
Turkish given name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...
. "Oğuzhan" is composed of two words, "Oğuz" and "han";
Oğuz is a given name, while "han" means literally "
khan
Khan may refer to:
*Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan
*Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
". Thus, "Oğuzhan" means "Oğuz khan". The modern name derives from the name and title of
Oghuz Khagan, a legendary
Turkic
Turkic may refer to:
* anything related to the country of Turkey
* Turkic languages, a language family of at least thirty-five documented languages
** Turkic alphabets (disambiguation)
** Turkish language, the most widely spoken Turkic language
* ...
leader.
There are various theories on the meaning of "Oğuz". The most prominent explanation is that it is composed of "ok" and "z". In modern Turkish as well as
Proto-Turkic, "ok" means "arrow". However, in Proto-Turkic, "ok" also means "clan" or "nation". Again, only in Proto-Turkic, "-z" is the plural suffix. Therefore "okz" means "clans", "nations", or "arrows" in Proto-Turkic. In modern Turkish, "-z" is not the plural suffix anymore, having been replaced with "-lar" and "-ler".
"Oğuz" was used both as given names and as names of some of the Turkish clans.
Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic languages, Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, ''Oγuz'', ota, اوغوز, Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, Turkic language family. In th ...
are the southwestern branch of Turkish clan system. "Gökoğuz" was a group of Oghuz Turks who migrated to northwest and were the ancestors of the modern
Gagauz people. There are also groups named as Üçoğuz (Three Oğuz), Sekizoğuz (Eight Oğuz), Dokuzoğuz (Nine Oğuz), etc.
People
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Oğuzhan Aşkar
Oğuzhan is a common masculine Turkish given name. "Oğuzhan" is composed of two words, "Oğuz" and "han"; Oğuz is a given name, while "han" means literally "khan". Thus, "Oğuzhan" means "Oğuz khan". The modern name derives from the name an ...
(born 1980), Turkish sociologist-writer
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Oghuz Khagan, a legendary and semi-mythological Turkic leader
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Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu
Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu (born 22 March 1992), also known as OG, is a Danish footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Balıkesirspor. He has amassed a total 11 youth caps for Denmark under three different age groups.
Early life
Oğuzhan pl ...
(born 1992), Danish-Turkish footballer
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Oğuzhan Azğar
Oğuzhan Azğar (born 14 July 1993) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ankara Adliyespor. He made his Süper Lig debut for Samsunspor against Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Tu ...
(born 1993), Turkish footballer
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Oğuzhan Bahadır
Oğuzhan Bahadır (born December 24, 1979 in Ankara) is a Turkish football goalkeeper who plays for Kırklarelispor
Kırklarelispor is a Turkish sports club founded in 1968 is currently playing in the TFF Second League
TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Fo ...
(born 1979), Turkish football goalkeeper
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Oğuzhan Bıyık
Oğuzhan Bıyık (born September 28, 1986 in Germany) is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for TSG Backnang
The TSG Backnang Fussball is a German association football club from the city of Backnang, Baden-Württemberg. The club's m ...
(born 1986), Turkish footballer
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Oğuzhan Kefkir
Oğuzhan Kefkir (born 27 August 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays for Rot-Weiss Essen as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Wuppertal, Kefkir began his career in 1997 with SV Bayer Wuppertal 04. In 2002, he joined VfL Bochum's youth ...
(born 1991), Turkish-German footballer
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Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 1992), Turkish footballer
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Oğuzhan Tüzün
Oğuzhan Tüzün (born October 20, 1982, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the trap event. The tall athlete at is a member of İstanbul Hunting and Shooting Sports Club and is coached by Diego Gasperini.
Tüzün star ...
(born 1982), Turkish sport shooter
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Oğuzhan Yeşil
Oğuzhan is a common masculine Turkish given name. "Oğuzhan" is composed of two words, "Oğuz" and "han"; Oğuz is a given name, while "han" means literally "khan". Thus, "Oğuzhan" means "Oğuz khan". The modern name derives from the name an ...
(born 1994), Turkish freediver
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Turkish masculine given names