Oğuz is a common masculine Turkic given name. There are various theories on the meaning of "Oğuz". The most prominent explanation is that it is composed of "ok" and "z". In various modern

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and West Asia. The Turkic langua ...

and in

Proto-Turkic language Proto-Turkic is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Turkic languages that was spoken by the Proto-Turks before their divergence into the various Turkic peoples. Proto-Turkic separated into Oghur (western) and Common Tu ...

"ok(h)" means "arrow". Only in

, "ok" also means "clan", and/or "nation". Again, only in

, "z" is the plural suffix. In modern Turkish "z" is not the plural suffix anymore, in general. Therefore "okz" means "clans", "nations", and/or "arrows". Finally, "Oğuz" is used both as given names and as names of some of the Turkic clans. Oğuz Türks are the southwestern branch of Turkish clan system. "Gökoğuz" was a group of Oğuz Türks who migrated to northwest and named as Gagauz in modern times. There are also groups named as Üçoğuz (Three Oğuz), Sekizoğuz (Eight Oğuz), Dokuzoğuz (Nine Oğuz), etc. One of the earliest rulers of the Turkic people is also named " Oghuz Khan". As a given name "Oğuz" used in memory of and connotes Oghuz Khan.

Given name

First name

* Oğuz Akbulut (born 1992), Turkish para-athlete * Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu, Turkish-Danish football player * Oğuz Atay (1934–1977), Turkish novelist * Oğuz Dağlaroğlu (born 1979), Turkish football player * Oğuz Gökmen (1916–2007), Turkish writer and diplomat * Oghuz Khan, legendary khan of Turks, considered to be the ancestor of all Turks * Oğuz Savaş (born 1987), Turkish basketball player * Oğuz Tansel (1915–1994), Turkish poet and folklorist * Oğuz Tezmen, Turkish politician * Oğuz Yılmaz (musician) (1968–2021), Turkish folk musician

Middle name

* Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata (1911–1995), Turkish lawyer and politician * Muhammet Oǧuz Zengin, Turkish curler

Surname

* Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz (born 1980), Turkish female high jumper * Abdullah Oğuz (born 1958), Turkish director * Ahmet Oğuz (born 1993), Turkish football player *

Cemal Oğuz Cemal Oğuz (born 1 December 1980) is a Turkish judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大� ...

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