Your Favourite Turkish Names

[ethelmary]

I need some inspiration… what are your favourite Turkish names? Thanks in advance

[lehassebrock]

I have to admit, I didn’t know if I knew any Turkish names so I looked some up. These were ones I thought were nice! I included the pronunciations because I definitely would have pronounced them wrong
Girls:
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]/Aylin (Eye-luh/Eye-lin)
Beste (Beh-s-teh)
[name_f]Dilara[/name_f] ([name_f]Dee[/name_f]-la-dah)
[name_u]Elif[/name_u] (A-leaf)
Esin (Eh-sin)
Kader (Kah-dair)
[name_f]Lale[/name_f] (Lah-lay)

Boys:
[name_m]Ahmad[/name_m] ([name_m]Ah[/name_m]-h-mahd)
Arif (Are-if)
[name_m]Aslan[/name_m] ([name_m]Ah[/name_m]-ss-lahn)
[name_u]Aydin[/name_u] (Eye-dehn)
[name_m]Baris[/name_m] (Bah-rish)
[name_m]Demir[/name_m] ([name_u]Day[/name_u]-meer)
Mazhar (Mahz-har)
[name_m]Omer[/name_m] (Oh-mair)
[name_m]Yusef[/name_m] (Yoo-seph)
[name_m]Zeki[/name_m] (Zay-kee)

[choupette]

I don’t know that many Turkish names, but I do like [name_f]Dilara[/name_f], [name_u]Elif[/name_u], [name_f]Ayla[/name_f], Ebru and [name_f]Sibel[/name_f].

[skylerros]

I was gonna tag you but then I realized the post was made by you.

I like [name_u]Ata[/name_u] a lot.

[ethelmary]

I actually created this to see what sounds good to non-turks

[skylerros]

I also am a big fan of the sound of Aliye, but it sounds too much like [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] for me to use. (Plus the spelling kind of pits me off.)

[ladyforgetful]

Here are some I have on my list! Not totally certain that the origins are correct, but I hope so

Evren
[name_u]Arda[/name_u]
[name_m]Aras[/name_m]
[name_m]Efe[/name_m]

Esmeray
[name_f]Miray[/name_f]
Reyhan
[name_m]Zel[/name_m]

And Kurdish:

Ziryan
Eylo

Zerya
Elfesya

Excited to look through this topic! I’m always looking for more Turkish and Kurdish names

[ethelmary]

How do you feel about Miran? It’s popular among Kurds (and non-Kurds, thanks to a tv series) here

[ladyforgetful]

I like it a lot! Very pretty sounding and I really enjoy two syllable names so I’m a big fan actually Thank you so much!

[lehassebrock]

Miran sounds super cute!! I looked it up on Nameberry to see if I was pronouncing it correctly in my head and the meaning is lovely too!

[acajou]

I know you do not like some of these

Betül
Feride
Ayşe
[name_f]Azize[/name_f]
Barış
İbrahim
[name_f]Meryem[/name_f]
Süleyman

edit: and Iraz!

[Gabriellenz]

I was an exchanged student in Istanbul (long time ago!) my favourite names from people I met was…

Girls:
Zerrin
[name_f]Ceyda[/name_f]
[name_f]Dilara[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_u]Cem[/name_u]
Ediz