Yavuz (name)

The Old Turkic intervocalic or stem-final b, represented by the bilabial w in Karakhanid and Khorezmian Turkic, is changed to v. Thus Yavuz comes from Old Turkic: (), Old Uyghur: or , Khorezmian: meaning 'bad, vile'. ==Given name==

• Selim I (1470–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire • Yavuz Ağralı (born 1992), Turkish long-distance runner • Yavuz Ali Pasha (fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman • Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official • Yavuz Aygün (born 1996), Turkish footballer • Yavuz Can (born 1987), Turkish sprinter • Yavuz Çetin (1970–2001), Turkish musician • Yavuz Çoker (born 1936), Turkish footballer • Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer • Yavuz Baydar, Turkish journalist • Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964), Turkish actor • Yavuz Görey (1912–1995), Turkish sculptor • Yavuz İlnam (born 1987), Turkish trap shooter • Yavuz Karamollaoğlu (born 1980), Turkish karate practitioner • Yavuz Mildon (born 1955), Turkish politician • Yavuz Özkan (director) (1942–2019), Turkish film director • Yavuz Özkan (footballer) (born 1985), Turkish footballer • Yavuz Papağan (born 1987), Turkish para-archer • Yavuz Selekman (1937–2004), Turkish wrestler • 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 and arsonist • Yavuz Yolcu (born 1966), Turkish judoka == Middle name ==

• Abdurrahman Yavuz Kalkan (born 1973), Turkish footballer • Ali Yavuz Kol (born 2001), Turkish footballer ==Surname==

• Birsen Yavuz (born 1980), Turkish sprinter • Burak Yavuz (born 1975), Turkish volleyball player • Ece Yağmur Yavuz (born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast • Erdinç Yavuz (born 1978), Turkish footballer • Evin Demirhan Yavuz (born 1995), Turkish wrestler • Fatma Nur Yavuz (born 1997), Turkish badminton player • Fehmi Yavuz (1912–1991), Turkish bureaucrat, academic and writer • Gizem Yavuz (born 1988), Turkish basketballer • Hakan Yavuz (born 1960), Turkish basketballer and coach • Haydar Yavuz (born 1994), Turkish wrestler • İbrahim Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish footballer • Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner • Mehmet Yavuz (1973–2019), Kurdish politician and teacher • M. Hakan Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish political scientist and historian • Mustafa Yavuz (born 1994), Austrian footballer • Şakir Yavuz (born 1968), German executive and philanthropist • Yüksel Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish-born Kurdish film director • Jay-Jay Okocha (born 1973) has surname Yavuz in his Turkish passport ==See also==