Yigit
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YEE-it
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Yigit is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “brave young man”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Yigit mean?
Turkish: from yigit
“brave young man”
From the Turkish word for a brave young man or hero; in Turkish it is written Yiğit.
Is Yigit a girl's or a boy's name?
Yigit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yigit in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Yigit, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yigit in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Yigit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
Names like Yigit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Kairo Yug Yunus Loki Yoan Yitzchok Rumi Bodhi Yakov Kenzo Minh
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, “Yigit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yigit, updated 20 October 2026.