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Umut

/oo-MOOT/ MasculineTurkish

Meaning

Umut is a masculine name of Turkish origin meaning “hope”.

Umut is the modern Turkish word for hope and one of the country's most popular republican-era names, given overwhelmingly to boys though occasionally to girls. Like many Turkish vocabulary names it states its wish without ornament.

A perennial top-50 boys' name in Turkey.

At a glance

Origin
Turkish
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/oo-MOOT/
Themes
Hope

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Questions

  • Umut is a masculine name of Turkish origin meaning “hope”. Umut is the modern Turkish word for hope and one of the country's most popular republican-era names, given overwhelmingly to boys though occasionally to girls.

  • Umut is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. It is a perennial top-50 boys' name in Turkey.

  • The name Umut comes from Turkish. Umut is the modern Turkish word for hope and one of the country's most popular republican-era names, given overwhelmingly to boys though occasionally to girls. Like many Turkish vocabulary names it states its wish without ornament.

  • Umut is pronounced oo-MOOT.

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  1. Aisling FeminineIrish“dream, vision”
  2. Akari FeminineJapanese“light, brightness”
  3. Amal UnisexArabic“hope”
  4. Amets UnisexBasque“dream”
  5. Anastasia FeminineGreek“resurrection”
  6. Arman MasculinePersian“wish, ideal, aspiration”