Yigit
A boys’ name of Turkish origin, meaning brave, courageous, valiant.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Yigit by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Yigit. In the US, 7 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 9 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yigit. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean courage
Like Yigit, each of these has courage in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Wyattbrave in war9,768 in the US (2017)
- Andrewmanly, brave8,228 in the US (2017)
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Leonardobrave lion; from Germanic elements4,113 in the US (2017)
- Everettbrave as a wild boar3,814 in the US (2017)
- Tristanbold, sorrowful; from Pictish origin3,333 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Yigit
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