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Sevgi

Gender
Girl
Say it
sev-GEE
Origin
Turkish

Sevgi is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “love, affection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Sevgi mean?

Turkish: from sevmek 'to love'

“love, affection”

Turkish word for love or affection, formed from the verb sevmek, 'to love'.

Is Sevgi a girl's or a boy's name?

Sevgi is a girls' name.

How popular is Sevgi in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 girls.

1996Busiest: 5 in 19982017
Sevgi in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20171#7,682
20163#6,009
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20064#4,357
20050–
20044#3,916
20035#3,233
20024#3,556
20014#3,427
20004#3,399
19990–
19985#2,855
19970–
19964#3,289

Names like Sevgi

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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, “Sevgi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sevgi, updated 20 October 2026.