Yavuz

A boys’ name of Turkish origin, meaning stern, fierce, formidable.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Yavuz by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Yavuz. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yavuz. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yakubvariant of Jacob; he who supplants9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yagizbrave; courageous5 in the US (2017)
  • Yavin11 in the US (2017)

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