Nazif

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Temiz, pak

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

/n̪az̪if/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Nazif is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 5.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 2.2K
  • TGTogo≈1 in 4.2K

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)

≈14,000 people, est.

Sources
72 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Temiz, pak.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nazif 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 Nazif is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#629≈14,000 est.≈1 in 5.7K—Nazif67
NG Nigeria—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 62K—Nazif25
TG Togo#138≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.2K—Nazif6
XK Kosovo—≈890 est.≈1 in 2.2K1.4KNazif3
AL Albania—6991 in 4.4K699——
MK North Macedonia#448≈360 est.≈1 in 6K—Nazif6

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: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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)

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

  • Bulgarian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian

    Also written Назиф, Nàzif, Nаzif

  • Albanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, Türkiye, United States

    Also written Nãzìf

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Nazîf, Naẓīf

  • Greek given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece

    Also written Ναζηφ, Ναζιφ

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Názif

41 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)

Nazif 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 Arabic, (nazeef): pure, clean, innocent

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In Arabic, pure; clean; innocent; chaste

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

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)

1850190019502000Nazif Kayacık, b. 1872Umran Nazif Yiğiter, b. 1915Nazif Bakhtizin, b. 1927Nazif Basir, b. 1934Nazif Shahrani, b. 1945Nazif Memedi, b. 1956Nazif Telek, b. 1957Nazif Mujic, b. 1970Nazif Hajdarović, b. 1984

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Nazif,Hi Nazif, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 42 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Nazif
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—1.4K#560
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—699#705
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—2#560
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)20251—

Reference works 7

  • 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)
  • Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

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

How do you pronounce Nazif?
A machine transcription gives /n̪az̪if/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Nazif mean?
Recorded meaning: Temiz, pak.
Is Nazif a male or female name?
Nazif is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Nazif have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Nazif in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nazif.
How common is the name Nazif?
In Albania, the national register counted 699 people named Nazif, about 1 in 4.4 thousand residents.
How common is Nazif compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Nazif is the 629th most common given name of 264,080 given names 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, “Nazif” — the 629th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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