Uğur
A Turkish name meaning "luck, good fortune". In Poland it stays rare: only about 150 men carry it, and most people here have never met one.
Uğur Pronunciation
Uğur is pronounced OO-ğoor (/ˈuğur/).
What Uğur means
Where Uğur comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Uğur comes straight from a Turkish word for luck and good fortune. Turkish keeps that word close. A ladybird there is an uğur böceği, a "luck beetle," and the same root marks a good omen or a fortunate sign. The name states its meaning without any decoding.
Uğur belongs to Turkish naming, and it suits both women and men. It has no diminutive tucked behind it, no softened variant. The full form is what people carry, whether on a school register or an official form at the urząd.
Its origin sits outside the Slavic and Latin families that fill most Polish name lists. That gives it a different sound in a Kraków classroom, though the meaning travels easily: szczęście, pomyślność. Good fortune, named directly.
How many people are named Uğur
1 in 139518 men in Poland is named Uğur. 153 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2628 among male names.
Uğur as a middle name
Uğur is a first name for 153 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2176th, between Umar (18) and Việt (18).
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#2174 Titus18
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#2175 Umar18
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#2176 Uğur18
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#2177 Việt18
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#2178 Vu18