Girl name
Yaylagül name meaning
“a rose blooming in the highland pasture”
Yaylagül means “a rose blooming in the highland pasture.” It combines Turkish yayla, a highland area used for summer settlement and grazing, with gül, “rose,” from Persian. Used for girls in Türkiye, the name evokes a rose flowering in the cool air of upland meadows.
What does Yaylagül mean?
A rose blooming in the highland pasture
In Turkish: yaylada açan gül
Yaylagül can be interpreted as a name combining a highland landscape with the image of a rose. It is close in sense to the phrase yayla gülü, a rose of the uplands. The supplied place-name clue does not establish personal-name use, so the compound needs separate confirmation as a given name.
Gül is the Persian-origin word for “rose.” It brings a floral image to compound names such as Ayşegül, Nurgül and Aygül. More girl names ending in -gül →
Origin of the name Yaylagül
It can be understood as a compound of Turkish yayla, a highland summer pasture or settlement, and Persian gül, meaning rose.
How to pronounce Yaylagül
| Syllables | 3 · 8 letters · 8-letter girl names |
|---|---|
| IPA | /jajlaɡyl/ |
Is Yaylagül a girl’s name?
Yes, Yaylagül is used mostly as a girl’s name. See all girl names.
Yaylagül does not appear in TÜİK’s top-30 lists (Türkiye and provinces, up to 2025).
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- Ayşegül♀A combination of Ayşe and rose
- Songül♀The last rose
- Gülce♀Rose-like
- Asmin♀Jasmine flower
- Açelya♀An ornamental shrub with colourful flowers
- Gül♀Rose
- Roza♀The rose flower
- Nesrin♀Wild rose
- Zeyneb♀A fragrant flowering tree
- Çiğdem♀Crocus
FAQ about the name Yaylagül
What is the meaning of Yaylagül?
Yaylagül means “a rose blooming in the highland pasture”. It can be understood as a compound of Turkish yayla, a highland summer pasture or settlement, and Persian gül, meaning rose.
Is Yaylagül a girl’s name?
Yes, Yaylagül is used mostly as a girl’s name.
Is Yaylagül in the Quran?
No. Neither the name Yaylagül nor its source word occurs in the Quran.
What is the origin of the name Yaylagül?
Yaylagül is of Turkish and Persian origin.
How many syllables does Yaylagül have?
Yaylagül has 3 syllables and 8 letters.
How popular is the name Yaylagül?
Yaylagül does not appear in TÜİK’s top-30 lists (Türkiye and provinces, up to 2025).
Sources and method
Meanings and origins draw on language sources and name dictionaries; popularity figures come from TÜİK’s address-based population register, and notable people from Wikidata.
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