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Kansu

“foster child”

Language context for this entry: Turkish

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Origin: Kabardian
1 language context: Turkish
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01 / Meaning & origin

About Kansu

Kansu is a masculine given name documented in Turkish. English Wiktionary traces it to Kabardian Къанщауэ, with the stated meaning “foster child”.

Kabardian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “foster child”

Turkified version of the real name Kanşav (historically also transliterated as Qansuh, famously borne by the Circassian Burji Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri). From East Circassian Къанщауэ (Qanśawɛ) (Qanshawe), which is composed of къан (qan, meaning "foster child" or "prince") and щауэ (shawe, meaning "youth", "boy", or "son"). The name was altered to sound Turkish (resembling the Turkish words kan and su) in order to avoid Kemalist bans on non-Turkish names and to make it easier to pronounce.

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Wiktionary: KansuCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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About Kansu

Kansu is a masculine given name documented in Turkish. English Wiktionary traces it to Kabardian Къанщауэ, with the stated meaning “foster child”.

Kabardian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “foster child”

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: KansuCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms1

Wiktionary: KansuCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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A story to pass on.

About Kansu

Kabardian origin

Where Kansu is used

Across borders

Türkiye

Popularity over time

History

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A name worth keeping.

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