Yavuz
| Yavuz | |
| Gender: | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin: | Turkish |
| Meaning: | Stern, Resolute |
| Related Names: | Korkut |
Yavuz is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Yavuz" means "stern", and/or "resolute".
Given name
- Selim I (1465–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Yavuz Ali Pasha (fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman
- Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official
- Yavuz Çetin (1970–2001), Turkish musician
- Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer
- Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964), Turkish actor
- Yavuz Karamollaoğlu (born 1980), Turkish karate practitioner
- Yavuz Mildon (born 1955), Turkish politician
- Yavuz Özkan (director) (born 1942), Turkish film director
- Yavuz Özkan (footballer) (born 1985), Turkish footballer
- Yavuz Şimşek (born 1947), Turkish footballer
- Yavuz Tatış (born 1947), Turkish businessman
- Yavuz Turgul (born 1946), Turkish film director and screenwriter
- Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu (born 1967), Turkish serial killer
Surname
- Birsen Yavuz (born 1980), Turkish sprinter
- Burak Yavuz (born 1975), Turkish volleyball player
- Erdinç Yavuz (born 1978), Turkish footballer
- İbrahim Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish footballer
- Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
- Yüksel Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish-born Kurdish film director
See also
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