Yasar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yah-SHAR
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Yasar is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “he lives”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Yasar mean?
Turkish: Turkish Yaşar, from yaşamak 'to live'
“he lives”
Yasar Kemal was a celebrated Turkish novelist, best known for Memed, My Hawk.
Is Yasar a girl's or a boy's name?
Yasar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yasar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yasar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yasar in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yasar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
Names like Yasar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aamir, Hassan, Usman, Samir, Azeem, Hamza, Umair, Qasim, Asad, Fahad, Habib, Saif
Names related to Yasar
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, “Yasar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yasar, updated 20 October 2026.