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Mehmet Ali name meaning

“one who is worthy of praise, exalted and eminent”

4,164 babies in TÜİK newborn lists

What does Mehmet Ali mean?

Mehmet is the established Turkish form of Arabic Muhammad, and Ali is also Arabic. This pairing of two-syllable names also recalls Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt, known in Turkish as Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Paşa.

How popular is Mehmet Ali?

Official figures: TÜİK newborn name lists (2018–2025, the top 30 for Türkiye and each of the 81 provinces every year) and the most common names in the population.

Province lists
53provinces

Where is Mehmet Ali in the top 30?

53 provinces · the latest year each province listed it

Adana: not in the top listAdıyaman: #25 · 12 (2025)Afyonkarahisar: #24 · 11 (2024)Ağrı: not in the top listAmasya: #15 · 3 (2024)Ankara: not in the top listAntalya: not in the top listArtvin: not in the top listAydın: not in the top listBalıkesir: not in the top listBilecik: #13 · 3 (2024)Bingöl: #23 · 5 (2022)Bitlis: #27 · 6 (2025)Bolu: #18 · 3 (2018)Burdur: #13 · 4 (2025)Bursa: not in the top listÇanakkale: #24 · 4 (2024)Çankırı: #11 · 3 (2019)Çorum: #21 · 3 (2023)Denizli: #29 · 16 (2020)Diyarbakır: not in the top listEdirne: #19 · 3 (2020)Elazığ: #30 · 3 (2025)Erzincan: #12 · 3 (2022)Erzurum: not in the top listEskişehir: not in the top listGaziantep: #23 · 75 (2023)Giresun: #19 · 3 (2023)Gümüşhane: #8 · 3 (2025)Hakkari: #25 · 3 (2020)Hatay: #30 · 41 (2025)Isparta: #19 · 4 (2025)Mersin: #30 · 40 (2022)İstanbul: not in the top listİzmir: not in the top listKars: #17 · 3 (2023)Kastamonu: #16 · 4 (2022)Kayseri: not in the top listKırklareli: not in the top listKırşehir: #14 · 4 (2023)Kocaeli: not in the top listKonya: #29 · 45 (2024)Kütahya: #21 · 3 (2025)Malatya: #25 · 9 (2024)Manisa: not in the top listKahramanmaraş: #27 · 20 (2025)Mardin: #30 · 38 (2020)Muğla: #25 · 11 (2022)Muş: not in the top listNevşehir: #16 · 3 (2024)Niğde: #16 · 4 (2025)Ordu: #28 · 7 (2022)Rize: #21 · 3 (2018)Sakarya: not in the top listSamsun: not in the top listSiirt: #20 · 9 (2024)Sinop: not in the top listSivas: #24 · 7 (2022)Tekirdağ: not in the top listTokat: #24 · 3 (2024)Trabzon: #27 · 9 (2020)Tunceli: not in the top listŞanlıurfa: #27 · 157 (2025)Uşak: #17 · 3 (2025)Van: not in the top listYozgat: #19 · 3 (2024)Zonguldak: #22 · 4 (2021)Aksaray: #22 · 3 (2025)Bayburt: not in the top listKaraman: #14 · 5 (2024)Kırıkkale: #14 · 3 (2022)Batman: not in the top listŞırnak: not in the top listBartın: #10 · 3 (2019)Ardahan: not in the top listIğdır: #17 · 3 (2021)Yalova: #18 · 3 (2025)Karabük: #11 · 3 (2024)Kilis: #11 · 6 (2025)Osmaniye: #21 · 10 (2025)Düzce: #21 · 5 (2023)
Rank by province (boys)

Source: TurkStat (TÜİK), Address-Based Population Registration System. The lists cover the top 30 names per year, sex and province; no official counts are published for less common names. All statistics →

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