Gender: Masculine
Origin: Kazakh Нурислам
Meaning: “light of Islam.”
(NOOR-ees-LAHM)
The name is composed of the Arabic elements, nur (light) and Islam (Islam; or “voluntary submission to God).
As of 2010, Nurislam was the 10th most popular male name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Kazakh Саняр
Meaning: “piercing.”
The name comes from a Turkic source meaning, “piercing.”
It is currently the 9th most popular male name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Masculine
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh
Meaning: “dawn.”
(AH-rye-LYEEM)
The name comes from the Kazakh word, arai, meaning “dawn.” Arai, itself, is also used as a given name.
It is currently the 22nd most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh Аыим
Meaning “my moon.”
(AH-yeem)
The name is composed of the Kazakh elements, ay (moon) and im (my). It is sometimes transliterated as Ajim.
It is currently the 20th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh Аяжан
Meaning: “moon soul.”
(I-ah-ZHAHN)
The name is composed of the Kazakh elements, ay (moon) and zhan (soul). It is sometimes transliterated as Ajaxan.
It is currently the 19th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh Назерке
Meaning: “coy; gentle.”
(nah-ZARE-keh)
The name is composed of the Kazakh elements, naz (coy) and erke (gentle).
It is currently the 16th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh Жанерке
Meaning: “gentle soul.”
(zhah-NARE-keh)
The name is a reverse of the Kazakh term of endearment, Erkezhan, which is composed of the Kazakh elements, erke (gentle) and zhan (soul). This form is also used as a given name.
It is currently the 15th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Kazakh Жансая
Meaning: “soul shadow.”
The name is composed of the Kazakh elements, zhan (soul, life, heart) and saya (shadow).
It is currently the 14th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010).
Other transliterated forms are Xansaja or Zhansaja.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Arabic
Meaning: “city.”
(meh-DEE-nah)
The name comes from the name of a city in Saudi Arabia known fully as المدينة المنورة, al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, “the radiant city.”
It is considered the second holiest city in Islam and is the burial place of the Islamic prophet Mohammed. As a result, the name has been used as a feminine name throughout the Islamic world.
Currently, Madinah (Kazakh) is the 7th most popular female name in Kazakhstan, (2010) while Medina is the 17th most popular in Turkey (2010) and Medina is the 42nd most popular in Bosnia & Herzegovina, (2010).
Other forms of the name include: