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يِيغِيت
Yiğit
YEE-eet
“Brave, valiant young man.”
About Yiğit
Yiğit is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "brave, valiant young man" — a Turkish name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish for a brave, valiant young man — a long-standing Turkish virtue word.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Yigit
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Yiğit's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Yiğit
- What does the name Yiğit mean?
- Yiğit (يِيغِيت) means "Brave, valiant young man". Turkish for a brave, valiant young man — a long-standing Turkish virtue word.
- Is Yiğit a name from the Qur'an?
- Yiğit does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Yiğit a boy or a girl name?
- Yiğit is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Yiğit come from?
- Yiğit is a Turkish name, built on the root letters —.
- How is Yiğit spelled?
- Yiğit is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (يِيغِيت) is also written Yigit. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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