Veysel
A Turkish name given only to boys, carried by just 75 men across Poland: most people here have never met one. It traces back to Uways, read as "little wolf".
Veysel Pronunciation
What Veysel means
Where Veysel comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Veysel is the Turkish form of the Arabic name Uways, sometimes written Uwais. Its most famous carrier is Uways al-Qarani, a Yemeni contemporary of the early Muslim community, remembered for a piety he practised from far away. Turkish speakers reshaped Uways into Veysel, and the name stayed close to that religious memory.
The short meaning given here, "little wolf," rests on reading Uways as a diminutive of an Arabic word for wolf. Grammarians tie the root to the animal. The root points to a wolf.
In Turkey the name belongs above all to Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, the blind folk poet and saz player who lived from 1894 to 1973. His song "Kara Toprak," about the black earth, is still sung across the country. A boy named Veysel today shares his name with that voice, and behind it stands the older form Uways.
How many people are named Veysel
1 in 284616 men in Poland is named Veysel. 75 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4147 among male names.
Veysel as a middle name
Veysel is a first name for 75 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 94/6 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5092nd, between Verner (5) and Vincente (5).
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#5090 Veli5
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#5091 Verner5
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#5092 Veysel5
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#5093 Vincente5
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#5094 Vitalis5