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)