WE think that not only the Kazakhs but people from all nationalities believe that the name of a person has some contributions in his character and his destiny. This belief is more prevalent in case of Kazakh people. Precisely, that is why Kazakh families are very careful in choosing the name for their child. They will make sure that the meaning of name of the child is really great. Hence, almost every Kazakh has a name with a meaning from Arabic, Iranian, Persian, or from Turkic languages.
WE tell you in this article what the name of a Kazakh person means. Of course, it is not possible to list all the names here and therefore, we have chosen some popular Kazakh names.
Some people like names which begin with the first letter “A”. Therefore, don’t be surprised if you meet a lot of people whose name begins with this letter.
Azhar — appearance, view, beauty, nice. Kazakhs use the word “azharly” to say she is beautiful.
Azat — free. Perhaps, this describes Kazakh’s free and nomadic lifestyle of the past.
There are many popular names in Kazakhstan which begin with “Ai”, and “Ai” means moon in Kazakh language. Moon symbolizes loyalty, beauty and infinity. You can meet girls with names like Aisulu (Sulu — from Kazakh “beautiful”), Aida, Aigerim, Aidana, Aizhan, Aizada, Ainur, and boys — Aisultan, Aizat, Aidar.
Among men, you can hear the name “Arman” very frequently which translates from Kazakh as “dream”, Abai — “attentive, sophist, provident”. The most popular “Abai” was well-known great Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbayev whose works were translated to many languages.
“Aidos” where the second root “dos” means “friend” and together, this name literally translates as “friend of the moon”.
Arystan — lion.
Baurzhan — philanthropic. Baur means kinship, reflects a brotherhood and “zhan” — soul.
Birzhan — rarity, unique.
Zhenis — victory.
The woman name “Anar” translate from Kazakh as “pomegranate”. Another quite popular name “Dinara” means jig and energetic, and in most cases, this describes the character of a person with this name.
You can meet a person with the name “Abylay” which associates with the great ruler or Khan during Kazakh khanate — Abylay Khan.
The name “Kuanysh” describes a person with a passion to move on and do something.
“Duman” means a lucky and funny man. Another name “Erasyl” means — the dearest or a real batyr (warrior).
Of course, it is not possible to list down all the names here as said above. So, WE invite our readers – both international and local people - to tell us the meaning of your name by commenting to our post.
