Kutalmış is a common masculine Turkish given name

Turkish name

A Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...

. "Kutalmış" is composed of two words: "kut" and "almış". In Turkish, "Kut" means "life force", and/or "happiness" whereas "almış" means literally "(he/she) received", and/or "(he/she) took". Thus, "Kutalmış" means "who received happpines (god)", ""who received life force (from god)". In Turkish mythology, "Kut" also means "divine authority or power that a person (kağan

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) has received (blessed) from the god". In this interpretation, "Kutalmış" means, "The ruler who is blessed and authorized by the god to be the ruler".

Given name

• Kutalmış, the ancestor of Osman I
  Osman I
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  , founder of the Ottoman state.
• Seljuk Kutalmısh, the son of Arslan Yabgu and a cousin of Toğrül Bey (Toghrul Begh).
• Ahmet Kutalmış Türkeş, the son of Alparslan Türkeş
  Alparslan Türkes
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   and MP of Justice and Development Party
  Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
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  .