Yavuz

Yavuz is a Turkish male first name meaning " good, strict, beautiful; courageous, generous, " who also appears as a surname.

Bearers of the name

Ottoman period

  • Selim I, known as Yavuz (1470-1520), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1512

First name

  • Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964 ), Turkish Alevi folk musician
  • Yavuz Ekinci ( born 1979 ), Turkish writers
  • Yavuz Eraydin ( b. 1976 ), the Turkish football player
  • Yavuz Özkan ( born 1985 ), Turkish football goalkeeper
  • Yavuz Özoguz ( born 1959 ), Turkish- German process engineer and author

Family name

  • Emre Yavuz (* 1992), the Turkish football player
  • Erdinç Yavuz (born 1978 ), the Turkish football player
  • İbrahim Yavuz ( b. 1982 ), the Turkish football player
  • Karaman Yavuz (* 1958), German film director and author
  • Meric Yavuz ( b. 1965 ), the Turkish football player
  • Seval Yavuz (born 1970 ), Turkish Alevi singer and Sazspielerin
  • Yüksel Yavuz (* 1964), writer-director of Kurdish

More

  • Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque, Mosque in Mannheim
  • Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge, bridge over the Bosphorus in Istanbul (under construction)
  • Yavuz Sultan Selim, since 1914 the Ottoman battlecruiser ( ex. SMS Goeben ) and later as a battlecruiser Yavuz in Turkish Navy
  • Yavuz ( F 240 ), since 1985 frigate of the Turkish Navy
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