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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

YEE·eet

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 —.

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