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 ...

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

Etymology

The

Old Turkic Old Siberian Turkic, generally known as East Old Turkic and often shortened to Old Turkic, was a Siberian Turkic language spoken around East Turkistan and Mongolia. It was first discovered in inscriptions originating from the Second Turkic Kh ...

intervocalic In phonetics and phonology, an intervocalic consonant is a consonant that occurs between two vowels. Intervocalic consonants are often associated with lenition, a phonetic process that causes consonants to weaken and eventually disappear entirely. ...

or stem-final b, represented by the

bilabial In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips. Frequency Bilabial consonants are very common across languages. Only around 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants altogether, including Tling ...

w in

Karakhanid The Kara-Khanid Khanate (; zh, t=喀喇汗國, p=Kālā Hánguó), also known as the Karakhanids, Qarakhanids, Ilek Khanids or the Afrasiabids (), was a Karluk Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia from the 9th to the early 13th century. Th ...

and

Khorezmian Turkic Khorezmian Turkic or Khwārazm Turkish (called ''Türki'' by its early user Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Burhān al-Dīn Rabghūzī)M. van Damme, "Rabghūzī", in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'', ed. by P. Bearman and others, 2nd edn (Leiden: Brill, 1960–2 ...

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

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

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

Given name

Selim I Selim I (; ; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (), was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is ...

(1470–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire * Yavuz Ağralı (born 1992), Turkish long-distance runner * Yavuz Ali Pasha (fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman * Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official * Yavuz Aygün (born 1996), Turkish footballer * Yavuz Can (born 1987), Turkish sprinter *

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 performance ...

(1970–2001), Turkish musician *

Yavuz Çoker Yavuz Çoker (born 1936) is a Turkish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, ...

(born 1936), Turkish footballer * Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer *

Yavuz Baydar Yavuz Baydar is the Editor-in-Chief of Ahval, an online news site published in English, Turkish and Arabic. Baydar is a Turkish journalist, blogger and an activist for media freedom and independence. Baydar has lived outside Turkey since the 2 ...

, Turkish journalist * Yavuz Bingöl (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 23 July 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 Kumite (, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, alon ...

(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 gradu ...

(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''. Selected filmography * " İlkbahar - Sonbahar " (2011) * '' Hayal Kurma Oyunları'' (1999) * '' Bir Erkeğin ...

(1942–2019), Turkish film director *

Yavuz Özkan (footballer) Yavuz Özkan (born 19 May 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Life and career Özkan began his career with his hometown club Denizlispor. He signed a youth contract with the club in 1999, but never pla ...

(born 1985), Turkish footballer *

Yavuz Papağan Yavuz Papağan (born 1 July 1987) is a Turkish para-archer. He is a World and European champion, competing in the men's recurve bow event of disability class W2. Sport career Papağan started archery during his time at the Turkish Armed Force ...

(born 1987), Turkish para-archer *

Yavuz Selekman Yavuz Selekman (15 February 1937 – 8 March 2004) was a Turkish wrestler and film actor. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman middleweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an ...

(1937–2004), Turkish wrestler *

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 is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals b ...

(born 1947), Turkish footballer *

Yavuz Tatış Nuri Yavuz Tatış (born 1947), also known simply as Yavuz Tatış 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 ...

(born 1947), Turkish businessman *

Yavuz Turgul Yavuz Turgul is a Turkish film director and screenwriter, known for classic films of Şener Şen. Early life and education Yavuz Turgul graduated from the Istanbul University Institute of Journalism and worked as a journalist for six years f ...

(born 1946), Turkish film director and screenwriter * Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu (born 1967), Turkish serial killer and arsonist * Yavuz Yolcu (born 1966), Turkish judoka

Middle name

* Abdurrahman Yavuz Kalkan (born 1973), Turkish footballer * Ali Yavuz Kol (born 2001), Turkish footballer

Surname

* Birsen Yavuz (born 1980), Turkish sprinter * Burak Yavuz (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 is the List of largest ...

(born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast * Erdinç Yavuz (born 1978), Turkish footballer * Evin Demirhan Yavuz (born 1995), Turkish wrestler *

Fatma Nur Yavuz Fatma Nur Yavuz (born 4 January 1997) is a Turkish badminton player. She competed at the 2015 European Games. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament ...

(born 1997), Turkish badminton player *

Fehmi Yavuz Fehmi Yavuz (1912 – 11 July 1991) was a Turkish people, Turkish civil servant, academic, writer and government minister. Early life He was born in Isparta in 1912. After his primary and secondary education in Isparta, he completed Pertevniyal H ...

(1912–1991), Turkish bureaucrat, academic and writer * Gizem Yavuz (born 1988), Turkish basketballer * Hakan Yavuz (born 1960), Turkish basketballer and coach * Haydar Yavuz (born 1994), Turkish wrestler *

İbrahim Yavuz İbrahim Yavuz (born 10 November 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer. He played as a right fullback. Life and career Yavuz began his career at local club Gaziosmanpaşaspor. He spent most of his career at Adanaspor Adanaspor ...

(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 * Mehmet Yavuz (1973–2019), Kurdish politician and teacher * M. Hakan Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish political scientist and historian * Mustafa Yavuz (born 1994), Austrian footballer * Şakir Yavuz (born 1968), German executive and philanthropist * Yüksel Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish-born Kurdish film director * Jay-Jay Okocha (born 1973) has surname Yavuz in his Turkish passport

References

{{given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names

Etymology

Given name

Middle name

Surname

See also

References