The Turkish personal names examined in this article are identified from the detailed cadastral registers of the Ruha sanjak compiled in 1518, 1540, and 1566. The toponyms and anthroponyms in the 1518 register largely date back to the Akkoyunlu period, whereas the personal names in the 1540 and 1566 registers comprise historical Turkish names bestowed during the Ottoman era. This study investigates the use of Turkish personal names among the inhabitants of villages with mezraas in the Ruha sanjak during the 16th century. Out of the 87 villages with mezraas in the region, Turkish personal names were identified in 80 cases. One village was deserted, and no Turkish personal names are observed in the remaining six. The term "Turkish personal names" encompasses both purely Turkish names (Aydoğmuş, Gündoğmuş, Avşar, Durmuş, Doğan, Kurt, Verdi, Tatlugeldi, Sevindik, Yağmur, Tanrıverdi, Ulaş, and Kürşad) and compound names incorporating Turkish linguistic elements (Allahverdi, Hüdaverdi, Şahverdi, Hızırca, Alihan, Şahkulu, and Demgeldi). Our findings reveal that the residents of these villages utilized 163 distinct Turkish personal names. Ultimately, this article demonstrates that Turkish elements were widely employed as the names of village, mezraas, and personal nouns across the Ruha sanjak during the 16th century.