Yiğit: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

Meaning
Brave, valiant person
Origin
Turkish
Gender
Boy
Pronunciation
yee-EET

Yiğit is a Turkish boy's name meaning “brave, valiant person”. It appears in our list of 200+ Muslim Baby Boy Names — Strong, Meaningful, and Globally Loved.

Meaning & Origin of Yiğit

Meaning: Brave, valiant person.

Origin: Turkish.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Yiğit

yee-EETIPA /jiˈiːt/

Popularity of Yiğit

Yiğit doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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