Yavuz 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 ...

and in Turkish, "Yavuz" means "inflexible", "resolute" and "ferocious".

Etymology

Old Turkic Old Turkic (also East Old Turkic, Orkhon Turkic language, Old Uyghur) is the earliest attested form of the Turkic languages, found in Göktürks, Göktürk and Uyghur Khaganate inscriptions dating from about the eighth to the 13th century. It ...

intervocalic or stem-final b, represented by bilabial w in

Karakhanid The Kara-Khanid Khanate (; ), also known as the Karakhanids, Qarakhanids, Ilek Khanids or the Afrasiabids (), was a Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia in the 9th through the early 13th century. The dynastic names of Karakhanids and Ilek K ...

and Khorezmian, is changed to v. Thus Yavuz comes from Old Turkic: ''yabïz'' (𐰖𐰉𐰕),

Old Uyghur Old Uyghur () was a Turkic language which was spoken in Qocho from the 9th–14th centuries and in Gansu. History The Old Uyghur language evolved from Old Turkic after the Uyghur Khaganate broke up and remnants of it migrated to Turfan, Qomu ...

: ''yabīz'' or ''yawīz'', Khorerzmian: ''yawuz'' meaning "bad, vile".

Given name

Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite last ...

(1465–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire *

Yavuz Ağralı Yavuz Ağralı (born 9 April 1992) is a Turkish long-distance running athlete who will compete in the marathon for Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Yavuz Ağralı was born in Bingöl, eastern Turkey on 9 April 1992. Competing in marathon, he ...

(born 1992), Turkish long-distance runner *

Yavuz Ali Pasha Yavuz Ali Pasha or Malkoç Ali Pasha (died 26 July 1604, Belgrade) was an Ottoman statesman. He belonged to the Malkoçoğlu family and served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 16 October 1603 to 26 July 1604 replacing Yemişçi Ha ...

(fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman *

Yavuz Ataç Yavuz Ataç is a former Turkish intelligence official in the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), best known for his relationship with Alaattin Çakıcı. A former head of MIT Foreign Operations, he was "sent into exile" in Beijing on 24 Octob ...

, Turkish intelligence official *

Yavuz Çetin Yavuz Hilmi Çetin (25 September 1970 – 15 August 2001) was a Turkish musician, singer, and songwriter in the blues and psychedelic music genres. He gained renown in his native country for the skill and sensitivity of his guitar performanc ...

(1970–2001), Turkish musician *

Yavuz Eraydın Yavuz Eraydın (born 12 April 1976 in Trabzon, is a Turkish football goalkeeper who currently plays for TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor in the TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the ...

(born 1976), Turkish footballer *

Yavuz Bingöl Yavuz Bingöl (born 7 October 1964) is a Turkish folk music singer and actor. Early life Bingöl was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964 to teacher Yılmaz Bingöl and folk singer Senem Akkaş (better known with her stage name Şahsenem Bacı), both ...

(born 1964), Turkish actor *

Yavuz Görey Yavuz Görey (27 August 1912 – 1995) was a Turkish sculptor. Life Yavuz Görey was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 27 August 1912. He is the brother of graphic artist İhap Hulusi Görey (1898–1986). After attending the primary and mid ...

(1912-1995), Turkish sculptor *

Yavuz İlnam Yavuz İlnam (born July 23, 1987) is a Turkish trap shooter. He is a member of Istanbul Hunting and Shooting Club. İlnamı won the bronze medal in the men's trap, and the gold medal in the men's team trap event at the 2015 Summer Universiade ) ...

(born 1987), Turkish trap shooter *

Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Yavuz Karamollaoğlu (born November 29, 1980 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing currently in the kumite -84 kg division. He is a member of the Kocaeli B.B. Kağıtspor. He began with karate practitionin ...

(born 1980), Turkish karate practitioner *

Yavuz Mildon Yavuz Mildon (born 1 June 1955 in Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the former president of the Congress of the Council of Europe, of which he remains an honorary member. Early life Since he graduat ...

(born 1955), Turkish politician *

Yavuz Özkan (director) Yavuz Özkan (1942 – 21 May 2019) was a Turkish film director and screenwriter. Özkan is best known for his 1978 film ''The Mine (1978 film), The Mine''. Selected filmography * "İlkbahar - Sonbahar " (2011) * ''Hayal Kurma Oyunları'' (1999 ...

(born 1942), Turkish film director * Yavuz Özkan (footballer) (born 1985), Turkish footballer *

Yavuz Şimşek Yavuz Şimşek (born 1947 in Samsun) was a Turkish football player of Fenerbahçe between 1967–77 He played as a goalkeeper. He started his professional career in Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the c ...

(born 1947), Turkish footballer *

Yavuz Tatış Yavuz Tatış (born 1947) is a businessman from İzmir, Turkey, who has accumulated over the years one of the richest private collections in Turkey of historical artifacts dating from the Anatolian, Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods. Tat ...

(born 1947), Turkish businessman *

Yavuz Turgul Yavuz Turgul is a Turkish film director and screenwriter, known for his box-office hit ''The Bandit (1996 film), The Bandit'' (1996). Early life and education Yavuz Turgul graduated from the Istanbul University Institute of Journalism and wor ...

(born 1946), Turkish film director and screenwriter *

Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu (born 1967) is a Turkish serial killer and arsonist nicknamed "The Screwdriver Killer". He is considered the most prolific serial killer in Turkish history, being responsible for the deaths of 18 people between 1994 and 2002 acc ...

(born 1967), Turkish serial killer

Surname

Birsen Yavuz Birsen is a common feminine Turkish given name. It is also used as a surname, and less commonly a masculine given name. The name is produced by using two Turkish words: Bir and Sen. In Turkish, "Bir" means "One", and "Sen" means "You". Thus, "Birs ...

(born 1980), Turkish sprinter *

Burak Yavuz Burak Yavuz (born November 6, 1975 in Bursa) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 185 cm tall and plays as a setter. Yavuz has played for Fenerbahçe SK since 2008 and wears the number 5 jersey. He played 85 times for the national team a ...

(born 1975), Turkish volleyball player *

Ece Yağmur Yavuz Ece Yağmur Yavuz (born 2004) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Mersin, Turkey. She is a member of Şavkar CSK in Gaziemir, İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, ...

(born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast *

Erdinç Yavuz Erdinç Yavuz (born 4 October 1978) is a former Turkish people, Turkish association football, footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Yavuz played for Kayserispor, Trabzonspor and Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig. He was rec ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer *

İbrahim Yavuz İbrahim Yavuz (born 10 November 1982) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer. He currently plays as a Fullback (association football), right fullback for Şanlıurfaspor in the TFF First League. Life and career Yavuz began h ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Mahmut Yavuz Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982) is a Turkish Navy officer, who serves, currently as a lieutenant, in the SAT Commando (Underwater Attack) unit of the Marines and Special Forces. He is best known for his successful career as an ultramarathon runner and ...

(born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner *

Yüksel Yavuz Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish people, Kurdish film director from Turkey. Early life and education Since 1980, he has lived in Germany, where he lived with his father who had found work at the port of H ...

(born 1964), Turkish-born Kurdish film director *

Jay-Jay Okocha Augustine Azuka Okocha ( ; born 14 August 1973), commonly known as Jay-Jay Okocha, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played 73 times for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scorin ...

has surname Yavuz in his Turkish passport

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