Alper
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-PEHR
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Alper is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “brave man; hero”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Alper mean?
Turkish: from alp 'brave, hero' + er 'man'
“brave man; hero”
Alp was a title for heroic warriors among the early Turkic peoples.
Is Alper a girl's or a boy's name?
Alper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Alper, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Alper than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Alper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Alper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Alper
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Spencer, Oliver, Xander, Perez, Archer, Cooper, Alfie, Victor, Marco, Jacob, Carter, Toby
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alper: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alper, updated 20 October 2026.