Names

Means “doe, female deer, gazelle”. It is taken from the Hebrew phrase אַיֶלֶת הַשַׁחַר (‘ayelet hashachar), literally “gazelle of dawn”, which is a name of the morning star.

Variant of Aylen.

Means “enlightened” in Turkish.

Variant of Aidan.

Variant of Aidan.

Means “from the moon” in Turkish.

Means “returning, visitor” in Arabic. In Turkey this is also associated with ay meaning “moon”.

Means “high moon” in Turkish.

Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz/Kazakh Айбек (see Aibek).

From Turkish and Azerbaijani ayaz meaning “frost” or “dry and cold air”. This was the name of a slave and later companion of the 11th-century sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.