Turkish names.........?

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Rengim

I'll give you a list of my favorites but I'll only include names which have Turkish origins :) They're prettier.

Boy
Alp (the name given to heroes among pre-Islamic Turks, it became popular during Islam as well and is quite common these days) -Another variation of the name is Alper
Altan (dawn)
Arınç (pure)
Arslan (lion)
Ateş (fire)
Aydın (Enlightened)
Aykut (Lucky moon)
Berk (strong)
Cansın ("you're my life" -the translation sounds weird but it's a common name)
Çağlar (waterfall)
Çelik (steel)
Demir (iron)
Efe (brave)
Emre (lover) - this is a beautiful name, I've dated three people named Emre and they were all very good lovers oddly enough :P
Eray (the first moon)
Eren (the one who has become one with God/higher power)
Gökberk (as strong as the sky, but also a green leaf)
Okan (understanding)
Oğuz (pure, understanding but hero-like and strong)
Onur (pride)
Ozan (poet)
Özgür (Free)
Saygın (respected)
Selçuk (he who can speak beautifully)
Uğur (luck)
Yağız (right and strong)

Girl
Alev (flame)
Ada (island)
Asya (Asia, this name is also very common, it has a soft sound to it)
Asena (female wolf in old Turkish mythology)
Ayana (respect, not that common but I've met a girl named Ayana and it sounded beautiful)
Aysen (As beautiful as the moon)
Ayla (the white light seen around the moon)
Başak (the part of the wheat that contains the grains, you know the top part, it's an allusion to its elegance)
Bengi (eternity)
Cansu (the water that gives life)
Ceren/Ceylan (gazelle)
Çiçek (flower)
Defne (daphne, ok, this is actually a name that has Greek origins but it is incredibly pretty but becoming more and more popular by the day)
Demet (bouquet)
Dicle (a rive in Turkey)
Duru (clear)
Duygu (feeling)
Ece (queen)
Esin (morning wind)
Ezgi (song) -this pretty but very common
Gizem (mystery)
Gönül (heart)
Gözde (the favorite, literally the one of the eye, so something along the lines of "the apple of my eye")
Irmak (river)
Işık (light)
Kardelen (the name of a yellow flower, literally means the one who pierces snow since the flower blooms very early in spring)
Maral (female deer)
Nisan (April, this actually has Assyrian roots but it's very very common in Turkey these days, it sounds pretty too)
Öykü (story)
Papatya (Marguerite)
Selin (water that runs heavily)
Selvi (Cypress tree)
Sevgi (love)
Yağmur (rain)
Yeliz (beautiful)
Zeynep (beautiful jewellery)

Unisex
Deniz (Sea)- This is a very common name in Turkey especially since the 70s when a young revolutionary lad of 25 was hanged after a military coup d'etat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniz_Gezmiş), it's beautiful.
Barış (Peace, this is pretty as well)
Bilge (wise)
Derin (deep)
Görkem (magnificence)
Kayra (grace)
Laçin (frivolous)
Tutku (passion)

Suriyah: You're right but actually some Turkish names are based on Arabic names (of course) but have been turkified, the officer of registry will not accept a foreign name in its original form, you have to turkify it first. It's in the constitution and unless you find a very loose officer, you'd have to change it (for example Mohammed becomes Mahmut, Ahmet, it's a long story on Turkish grammar and phonetics, Alise becomes Alize, Clara, Klara, etc.). So basically as long as you turkify its phonetics you can choose any name you want.

Hope this helps!

Elena <3

I'm not the biggest fan of Turkish female names. But I do like a lot of guy names like:

Barış (thats my most favorite one)
Hakan
Gökhan
Özgür
Emre

Those are my top five :P

Totally Blunt

Ikra should be rare. Never heard of it. Besides, it sounds like the Arabic word Ikrah, which the dictionary says means to be disgusted.

I like names from the nature. Like, Mine (Mee-neh), a tiny wild flower, Deniz (Deh-neez), the sea. Mine is a girl's name and Deniz is unisex. Also, when I was a child, I had named my doll Güneş, the sun. This also is a unisex name.

Ais@

Ok, these are my favorites;

Girl names:
AYŞE
ESRA
GÜLŞEN
SİNEM
SİBEL
YAĞMUR

Boy names:
FERİT
EMRAH
KADİR
AYDIN
SUAT
UĞUR

Koray

Boy; Aykut is popular name in Turkey and turkish not arabic.
Koray is awesome name hehehe :) because of my name :Pp
Nadir my brother's name, Akın , Selçuk , Mehmet (Turkish mohammed),Emre , Volkan , isa (jesus)
Girl ;Nurcan, Gül (rose) , Menekşe (Violet), Betül,Banu,Yeliz,Yasemin(Jasmin),Burcu,D...

leo k

Girl Names
Esma
Rezan
Pınar

Boy names
Ender
Alpin
Berk and Berke
Oğuz

Vasiliki-Βασιλική

I have a friend named Berfu and I find it unique and really nice allthough I dont even know what it means :S

Qu'est ce que tu pense?

No, I haven't heard of Ikra and Aykut :(

These are popular names I know of...
Boys:
Mustafa
Emre
Hakan
Volkan
Mehmet
Aydin
Murat
Ibrahim
Ulker
Abdullah
Adnan

Girls:
Deniz
Ece
Ezgi
Ayse
Dilara
Tugba
Ozlem
Hande
Emine
Eren

xanthochroi

mete(founder of Hun Empire) is my cousin's name arda, meric, levent these names are common among some balkan turks like me all of them are non-islamic male names Asli is one of my favorite names for a girl

frankturk50

Most names are either from the bible Yusef - Josheph -Ibrihim -Abraham - Suliman - Soloman Musa - Moses or Islamic - Mohamet - Ahmet-Ali.-Memhet - Mustapha.Some are Central Asian such as Gengis - Tarkan.Girls Fatima - Leyla -Miskit.There are too many to list really.

Suriyah

well most arabic names are used for turkish people

note: i gess am going to get thumbs down for that :S

Mustafa, Ibrahim, Mohammed, zaineb, Ayse etc etc

and turkish names like

Goksel, Gokhan, Caner, Deniz, Gizem

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