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Özgür

/oz-GYOOR/ MasculineTurkish

Meaning

Özgür is a masculine name of Turkish origin meaning “free”.

Özgür is the modern Turkish word for free and independent, part of the republic's wave of secular vocabulary names. It is given mainly to boys and occasionally to girls, and like Umut and Deniz it states a value rather than honoring an ancestor.

A common men's name in Turkey.

At a glance

Origin
Turkish
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/oz-GYOOR/
Themes
Freedom

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Questions

  • Özgür is a masculine name of Turkish origin meaning “free”. Özgür is the modern Turkish word for free and independent, part of the republic's wave of secular vocabulary names.

  • Özgür is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. It is a common men's name in Turkey.

  • The name Özgür comes from Turkish. Özgür is the modern Turkish word for free and independent, part of the republic's wave of secular vocabulary names. It is given mainly to boys and occasionally to girls, and like Umut and Deniz it states a value rather than honoring an ancestor.

  • Özgür is pronounced oz-GYOOR.

More names that mean freedom

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Akash MasculineSanskrit“sky, open space”
  2. Azad MasculinePersian“free”
  3. Azadeh FemininePersian“free, noble-spirited”
  4. Bahari MasculineSwahili“ocean, sea”
  5. Blythe FeminineEnglish“carefree, merry”
  6. Caroline FeminineGermanic via French“free woman”