Barlas
Barlas is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Barlas" means "hero", "brave", "chivalrous" and/or "warrior". It is also the name of one of the later Turkicized Mongol confederations (Barlas) in Central Asia, which was the chief tribe of the Timurids.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Barlas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Barlas is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Barlas" means "hero", "brave", "chivalrous" and/or "warrior". It is also the name of one of the later Turkicized Mongol confederations (Barlas) in Central Asia, which was the chief tribe of the Timurids.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Barlas
The earliest SSA record of Barlas as a baby boy name dates back to 2021, when 5 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Barlas — #12,141 in the national rankings. Barlas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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About the name Barlas
Barlas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2021 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Barlas's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #12,141. Use the chart and map above to compare Barlas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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