Güven

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name which means "confidence", "trust"

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Güven is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 84th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 810(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 29K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 143K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈100,000 people, est.

Sources
138 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 810 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Guven in FR France.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name which means "confidence", "trust"

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Güven counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Güven is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#84≈100,000 est.≈1 in 810—Güven114
DE Germany—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 29K—Güven59
AT Austria—≈580 est.≈1 in 15K27Güven14
FR France—≈480 est.≈1 in 143K78Guven133
CY Cyprus#146≈360 est.≈1 in 3.5K—Güven10
NO Norway—2921 in 19K292Güven11

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Güven is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye, Netherlands, United States

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

    Also written Guven, Гувен, Ѓувен

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Argentina, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Guven, Gûven, Ğüven, Gűven, Güvén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Guven

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Guven

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Guven

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Güven is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, Korku, çekinme ve kuşku duymadan inanma ve bağlanma duygusu, sevinç, mutluluk.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

  • In German, männl. Vom. türkischer Herkunft (türk, güven »habe Vertrauen!«).

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Kemal Güven, b. 1921Leyla Güven, b. 1964Ozan Güven, b. 1975Burak Güven, b. 1975Erhan Güven, b. 1982Seda Güven, b. 1984Mehmet Güven, b. 1987Berker Güven, b. 1994Berkcan Güven, b. 1996Ayhancan Güven, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 10 countries.

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Güven mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name which means "confidence", "trust" Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Güven have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 101 thousand people named Güven in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled güven.
How common is the name Güven?
In Norway, the national register counted 292 people named Güven, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
How common is Güven compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Güven is the 84th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Güven” — the 84th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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