Yavuz Selim name meaning

What does Yavuz Selim mean?

• Name

  Yavuz

  Stern, formidable

• Name

  Selim

  Sound, unharmed

Turkish Yavuz and Arabic Selim form a pair with two syllables each. The full name recalls the Ottoman sultan Selim I, known by the epithet Yavuz.

How popular is Yavuz Selim?

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

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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 →

Related double names

• Mehmet Selim 165
• Ahmet Selim 157
• Muhammed Selim 45
• Fatih Selim 30
• Yusuf Selim 18
• Ömer Selim 16
• Yavuz Alp 13
• Selim Asaf 4
• Mustafa Selim 3
• Göktuğ Selim 3
• Selim Efe 3
• Yavuz Ali 3
• Mehmet Yavuz 3
• Selim Aras 3
• Yavuz Efe 3
• Selim Kağan 3