| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Meaning | inflexible, resolute, ferocious |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Korkut |
Yavuz is a common masculine Turkish given name and in Turkish, "Yavuz" means "inflexible", "resolute" and "ferocious".
Etymology
Old Turkic intervocalic or stem-final b, represented by bilabial w in Karakhanid and Khorezmian, is changed to v. Thus Yavuz comes from Old Turkic: yabïz (𐰖𐰉𐰕), Old Uyghur: yabīz or yawīz, Khorerzmian: yawuz meaning "bad, vile".[1]
Given name
- Selim I (1465–1520), 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 Çetin (1970–2001), Turkish musician
- Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer
- Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964), Turkish actor
- Yavuz Görey (1912-1995), Turkish sculptor
- Yavuz İlnam (born 1987), Turkish trap shooter
- Yavuz Karamollaoğlu (born 1980), Turkish karate practitioner
- Yavuz Mildon (born 1955), Turkish politician
- Yavuz Özkan (director) (1942–2019), Turkish film director
- Yavuz Özkan (footballer) (born 1985), Turkish footballer
- Yavuz Şimşek (born 1947), Turkish footballer
- Yavuz Tatış (born 1947), Turkish businessman
- Yavuz Turgul (born 1946), Turkish film director and screenwriter
- Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu (born 1967), Turkish serial killer
Surname
- Birsen Yavuz (born 1980), Turkish sprinter
- Burak Yavuz (born 1975), Turkish volleyball player
- Ece Yağmur Yavuz (born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast
- Erdinç Yavuz (born 1978), Turkish footballer
- İbrahim Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish footballer
- Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
- Yüksel Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish-born Kurdish film director
- Jay-Jay Okocha has surname Yavuz in his Turkish passport
See also
References
- ↑ Janos Eckmann (2017). Chagatay Manual. p. 43.
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