Given name & surname
Cengiz
Cengiz is a masculine given name from Middle Mongol. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cengiz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 261 as a first name in 2020; 188 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cengiz’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Cengiz shares a linguistic root with XHENGIZ. In Turkish usage, Cengiz shares a linguistic root with Чыңгыз. In Turkish usage, Cengiz shares a linguistic root with the Kazakh form Шыңғыс.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cengiz has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cengiz
- Cengiz ÜnderTurkish association football player (born 1997)
- Umut MeraşTurkish association football player (born 1995)
- Cengiz CoşkunTurkish actor (born 1982)
- Cengiz TopelTurkish fighter pilot (1934–1964)
- Cengiz BiçerTurkish association football player (born 1987)
- Cengiz KüçükayvazTurkish actor (born 1968)
- Cengiz BozkurtTurkish actor (born 1965)
- Cengiz ÇandarTurkish journalist (born 1948)
- Cengiz ArslanTurkish wrestler (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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