Oğuz is a common masculine Turkic given name. There are various theories on the meaning of "Oğuz". The most prominent explanation is that it is composed of "ok" and "z". In various modern

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia ( Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turki ...

and in

Proto-Turkic language Proto-Turkic is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Turkic languages that was spoken by the Proto-Turks before their divergence into the various Turkic peoples. Proto-Turkic separated into Oghur (western) and Common Turk ...

"ok(h)" means "arrow". Only in

, "ok" also means "clan", and/or "nation". Again, only in

, "z" is the plural suffix. In modern Turkish "z" is not the plural suffix anymore, in general. Therefore "okz" means "clans", "nations", and/or "arrows". Finally, "Oğuz" is used both as given names and as names of some of the Turkic clans. Oğuz Türks are the southwestern branch of Turkish clan system. "Gökoğuz" was a group of Oğuz Türks who migrated to northwest and named as Gagauz in modern times. There are also groups named as Üçoğuz (Three Oğuz), Sekizoğuz (Eight Oğuz), Dokuzoğuz (Nine Oğuz), etc. One of the earliest rulers of the Turkic people is also named " Oghuz Khan". As a given name "Oğuz" used in memory of and connotes Oghuz Khan.

Given name

* Muhammet Oǧuz Zengin, Turkish curler * Oğuz Akbulut (born 1992), Turkish para-athlete *

Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu (born 22 March 1992), also known as OG, is a Danish footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Balıkesirspor. He has amassed a total 11 youth caps for Denmark under three different age groups. Early life Oğuzhan pl ...

, Turkish-Danish footballer * Oğuz Atay (1934–1977), pioneer of the modern novel in Turkey * Oğuz Dağlaroğlu (born 1979), Turkish footballer *

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(born 1987), Turkish basketball player * Oğuz Tansel (1915–1994), Turkish poet and folklorist * Oğuz Tezmen, Turkish politician * Oğuz Yılmaz (1968–2021), folk musician in Turkey * Oghuz Khan, legendary khan of Turks, considered to be the ancestor of all Turks

Surname

* Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz (born 1980), Turkish female high jumper *

Abdullah Oğuz Abdullah Oguz (born 17 June 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish film director and producer. Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films. Fi ...

(born 1958), Turkish director *

Cemal Oğuz Cemal Oğuz (born 1 December 1980) is a Turkish judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔 ...

, Turkish judoka * Talat Oğuz, Turkish politician, member of national parliament *

Orhan Oğuz Orhan Ghazi ( ota, اورخان غازی; tr, Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan, 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his r ...

, Turkish politician, member of national parliament * Ilhan Oğuz, Turkish Bureaucrat *

, Turkish Biologist Prof. {{DEFAULTSORT:Oguz Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names