Turkmen
names are used in the country of Turkmenistan.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ALIEV Chechen, Avar, Lak, Kumyk, Lezgin, Dargin, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen, KyrgyzMeans "son of
Ali (1)".
KADYROV Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar, Tatar, DagestaniMeans "son of
Kadyr". Notable bearers include father and son
Ramzan (1951-2004) and
Akhmad (1976-) Kadyrov, former President and current President of the Chechen Republic, respectively.
KURBANOV Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Lak, Dargin, Kumyk, Crimean TatarMeans "son of
Kurban".
MUSAEV Uzbek, Chechen, Ingush, Dagestani, Dargin, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Crimean TatarMeans "son of
Musa".
TÜRKMEN Turkish, TurkmenRefers to a Turkmen person (someone from the present-day nation of Turkmenistan). The ethnonym itself is believed to be derived from
Türk combined with the Sogdian suffix
-man (thus meaning "almost Turk") or from
Türk combined with Arabic إِيمَان
(ʾīmān) meaning "faith, belief, religion".
YULDASHEV Uzbek, Bashkir, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, KazakhMeans "son of the traveller" or "son of the companion" from Turkish
yoldaş "traveller, acolyte, companion", itself derived from Turkic
yol meaning "road, path, way" combined with
-daş, a suffix denoting "fellow, sharer".
YUSUPOV Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, JewishMeans "son of
Yusup", also used by Central Asian Jews. This was the name of a Russian family of nobility of Crimean Tatar ancestry.