Alper is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “stouthearted.” In 2024 it was given to 5 boys in the United States.
Alper at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
“stouthearted”
About the name Alper
Alper belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “stouthearted” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alper first appears in Social Security records in 1991. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8167 in 1997, and in 2024 5 babies received the name — 78 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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