Tolga
Tolga is a Turkish given name. It means "war helmet" or “the rising”. It is also an Australian Aboriginal term for “red volcanic soil”. Also in the Hazara language, it means "crown" The name is used mostly for males. It may refer to:
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Tolga
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tolga is a Turkish given name. It means "war helmet" or “the rising”. It is also an Australian Aboriginal term for “red volcanic soil”. Also in the Hazara language, it means "crown" The name is used mostly for males. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Tolga
American parents first put Tolga on the record books as a baby boy name in 1976, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 7 Tolgas were born — ranking #9,113 that year. About 33% of every Tolga on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Tolga last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Tolga
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Tolga Ciğerci , Turkish-German footballer
- Tolga Çevik , Turkish actor
- Tolga Doğantez , Turkish footballer
- Tolga Geçim (born 1996), Turkish basketball player
- Tolga Güleç , Turkish actor
- Tolga Örnek , Turkish film director
- Tolga Özbahar (born 1984), Turkish handballer
- Tolga Sarıtaş , Turkish actor
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Names that sound like Tolga
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About the name Tolga
Tolga is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Tolga's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #9,113. Use the chart and map above to compare Tolga'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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