Turki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOOR-kee
- Origin
- Arabic
Turki is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “Turkish, of the Turks”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Turki mean?
Arabic: Arabic adjective from Turk
“Turkish, of the Turks”
Turki ibn Abdullah founded the Second Saudi State in 1824, and the name has stayed popular in Saudi Arabia.
Is Turki a girl's or a boy's name?
Turki is a boys' name.
How popular is Turki in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Turki in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Turki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
Names like Turki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Tru Loki Rumi Akari Yuri Sakai Yug Kaizen Takai Kasai Kota
More Arabic names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Turki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/turki, updated 20 October 2026.