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 ...

. "Oğuzhan" is composed of two words, "Oğuz" and "han"; Oğuz is a given name, while "han" means literally "

khan Khan may refer to: * 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 various ethnicities Art and entertainment * Khan (band), an English progressiv ...

". Thus, "Oğuzhan" means "Oğuz khan". The modern name derives from the name and title of

Oghuz Khagan Oghuz Khagan or Oghuz Khan (; ; ) is a legendary khan of the Turkic people and an eponymous ancestor of Oghuz Turks. Some Turkic cultures use the legend of Oghuz Khan to describe their ethnic and tribal origins. The various versions of the narra ...

, a legendary Turkic 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 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" 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 Turks ( Middle Turkic: , ) were a western Turkic people who spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conventionally named the Oghuz Yabgu State in Central Asia ...

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 The Gagauz (; ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to southern Moldova ( Gagauzia, Taraclia District, Basarabeasca District) and southwestern Ukraine (Budjak). Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. The term Gagauz is also often used ...

. There are also groups named as Üçoğuz (Three Oğuz), Sekizoğuz (Eight Oğuz), Dokuzoğuz (Nine Oğuz), etc.

People

, a legendary and semi-mythological Turkic leader * Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu (born 1992), Danish-Turkish footballer * Oğuzhan Azğar (born 1993), Turkish footballer *

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. The club's colours are ...

(born 1979), Turkish football goalkeeper * Oğuzhan Bıyık (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Oğuzhan Kefkir (born 1991), Turkish-German footballer * Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 1992), Turkish-Dutch footballer * Oğuzhan Tüzün (born 1982), Turkish sport shooter {{DEFAULTSORT:Oguzhan Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names