List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan

The following is the list of cities in Turkmenistan that underwent one or more name changes in the past. Years in parentheses indicate the year a name was changed. A question mark (?) indicates the date of name change is needed.

• Amul → Charjuy (?) → Leninsk (1924) → Charjuy = Charjou = Çärjew (1927) → Turkmenabat (1999)
• Askhabad → Poltoratsk (1919) → Ashgabat (1927)
• Bäherden → Baharly (2003) → Bäherden (2018)
• Bekdaş → Garabogaz (2002)
• Çarşaňňy → Köýtendag (1999)
• Çeleken → Hazar^[1]
• Çetili → Sakarçäge (?)
• Dargan-Ata → Birata (?) → Darganata (2017)
• Gazanjyk = Kazandzhik (1895) → Bereket (1999)
• Gowurdak → Magdanly (?)
• Gyzyl-arbat = Kizil-arvat → Serdar (1999) → Gyzylarbat (2022)
• Kalinin → Boldumsaz (1993)
• Ganlygala → Aleksandrov (~1890) → Kara Kala = Garrygala (~1924) → Magtymguly (2004)
• Kerki → Atamyrat (1999) → Kerki (2017)
• Kirovsk → Babadaýhan (1992)
• Shagadam → Kyzyl-Su → Krasnovodsk (1869) → Turkmenbashy (1993)
• Kushka = Guşgy (1885) → Serhetabat (1999)
• Neftedag (1933) → Nebit-dag (1946) → Balkanabat (2001)
• Neftezavodsk (1973) → Seýdi (1990)
• Oktyabrsk → Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky (1993)
• Şehitli → Şatlyk (1971)
• Stalino (1940?) → Moskovskiy (1961) → Murgap (?)
• Täzä Bazar → imeni Andreyeva (1938) → Andreyevsk (194?) → Täzebazar (1957) → Nyýazow (1993) → Şabat (2022)
• Täzä-Gala → imeni Telmana (1938) → Telmansk (1949) → Gubadag (1993)
• Tejen State Farm → Bereket (~1993) → Altyn Asyr (2000)
• Yuzhnyy → Dostluk (?)
• Ýylanly → Gurbansoltan Eje (2004) → Andalyp (2022)