Uǧur
A Turkish name meaning good luck, fortune. In Poland just 54 men carry it and no newborns get it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Uǧur Pronunciation
Uǧur is pronounced OO-ǧoor (/ˈuǧur/).
What Uǧur means
Where Uǧur comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Uğur reached Poland from Turkish, where the word means good luck and good fortune. The name goes to boys and girls alike. Its ğ barely sounds. That soft g mostly stretches the u in front of it, so the name runs closer to "uur" than the spelling suggests.
One Uğur is easy to point to. Uğur Mumcu, a Turkish journalist and writer, was killed by a car bomb in Ankara in 1993. His name promised fortune while his columns chased hard facts, and Turkey still marks the anniversary of his death.
On a Kraków class register the name would sit oddly among the Zosias, and a teacher might pause over the ğ. The meaning behind it stays plain in any Turkish dictionary: uğur, good luck, good fortune.
How many people are named Uǧur
1 in 395300 men in Poland is named Uǧur. 54 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5111 among male names.
Uǧur as a middle name
Uǧur is a first name for 54 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 90/10 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4499th, between Urs (6) and Vaclav (6).
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#4497 Urbano6
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#4498 Urs6
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#4499 Uǧur6
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#4500 Vaclav6
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#4501 Vasudev6