Oğuz Kaan name meaning

What does Oğuz Kaan mean?

• Name

  Oğuz

  Name of the historical Oghuz and their epic ancestor

• Name

  Kaan

  Supreme ruler

Both names are Old Turkic in origin; Kaan is a form of the title khagan. The pairing directly recalls the hero of the Oghuz Khagan epic.

How popular is Oğuz Kaan?

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

21provinces

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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• Oğuz Kağan 1,017
• Emir Kaan 86
• Ahmet Kaan 57
• Yusuf Kaan 49
• Oğuz Alp 30
• Mustafa Kaan 26
• Ali Kaan 26
• Kaan Alp 22
• Kaan Efe 12
• Kaan Ege 10
• Asil Kaan 10
• Mehmet Kaan 9
• Ömer Kaan 7
• Kaan Aras 6
• Muhammed Kaan 6
• Oğuz Ata 6