Alperen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-peh-REN
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Alperen is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “heroic holy man”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Alperen mean?
Turkish: from Turkish alp 'brave hero' and eren 'saint'
“heroic holy man”
Joins Turkish alp 'brave hero' and eren 'holy man, saint'.
Is Alperen a girl's or a boy's name?
Alperen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alperen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Alperen, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alperen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alperen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
Nicknames for Alperen
- Alp 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alperen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arlo, Luca, Reuben, Alfred, Arthur, Austin, Albert, Albie, Roman, Lorenzo, Theodore, Hudson
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, “Alperen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alperen, updated 20 October 2026.