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[Opinions] Turkish names
I’ve gotten hooked on a Turkish soap (and yes, it’s as bad as it sounds, lol) and it’s got me thinking about Turkish names.
Some from the series/actors I like:FEMALE:Şehrazat (pr. ş=sh) -but I prefer Shahrazad
Nadide
Peride
Firdevs
Ayse (pr. s=sh)MALE:Volkan -how cool is this? I bet Trekkies would love it:-)
Faruk -not sure of the spelling, it might be Faruq
Hakan
Kerem
Kudret
Kaan
Demir
HalitAnd a totally funny one - Buket, which is Croatian word for a buquet (as in flowers). Oh, and her two sisters are Burcu (pr. c=g in George) and Burcin (c=ch), so machy names are alive and well in Turkey too:-) They were all named in honor of their grandfather Burhan. What do you think of them and what are your fave Turkish names (here’s a link to the ones that are in the database: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/tur.php )*I love it that Simba and Aslan actually mean lion:-)

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I'm not a fan of Turkish names at all. I do have some Turkish friends. Their names are Ozlem and Hicran (they are cousins, both female). Ozlem's sisters are Serpil and Esin and they have a friend called Burcin.When I was on holiday in Turkey our tour guide was called Zeynep.
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I think Nadide and Kaan are nice. I'm not into Turkish names, but I do like Sibel (f). It's not in the database, but it's user-submitted if you searched for it.
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Turkish names are cool, I've picked a few from Turks at conferences and unfortunately promptly forgotten them since they tend to be a mouthful for me. Volkan's pretty awesome!I've always liked Gul myself, and derivded names, interestingly I dislike Rose but tend to like names that mean "rose".
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I like Evren and Koray. Koray mostly for the meaning. Turkish names have such wonderful meanings!!
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Turkish names I like:Female--
Aylin
Beyza
Cagri
Derya
Feriha
Kadriye
Kiraz
Nermin
Nesrin
Nilufer
Nimet
Nuray (my favrorite Turkish name)
Reyhan
Seda
Sevda
TulayMale--
Altan
Aslan (it really is a cool name)
Burak
Devrim
Feridun
Levent
Onur
Serkan
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I really like Faruq ...
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Turkish names are so nice, I like all the ones you mentioned. Turkish people I know or have known: Nilgin, Arkin, Ayse, Hulya, Engin, Ilfet, Yildiz, Osman, Tulay, Derya, Emine, Emir and a bunch of Mehmeds and Ahmeds.Some others I like: (f) Pembe, Aylin, Gizem, Nimet, Senay, and (m) Selim, Cemil, Baris.
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I love Nimet, Senay, Derya and Selim.
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I love Aslan! Too bad it's too famous as a lion or I would actually consider using it.
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My favourite Turkish names areEsra, Damla, Emel, Filiz, Pinar and Seda for girls
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Berkant, Iskender, Levent, Mert and Metin for boys.
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Oh, I love Iskender. It's way better than Alexander.
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I've got three turkish students whose names I really like
Tolga Emre (Emre is his uncle too), Gamze and Koray. I reallly like Tolga, I dislike the name Koray because it always reminds moe of Cory/Kory, which seems to be the name of alot of juvenile delinquents here.Also when I was in Turkey I liked:
Ishmail (sp?) I thought it was unusual
Hadar
Mehmet (times a million!)
Tolga
Bulan ??( it kinda sounded like Bull-ant but im not sure, it was a male name?
Pinar (a friends name)
Eda
Aylin

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I love Ishmael! I think it would be spelled Ismail with the ş.

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"Bulan ??( it kinda sounded like Bull-ant but im not sure, it was a male name? "Could it be Bülent?
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I have met people named Ayse, Volkan and Burcu.My favourite Turkish names are:Bahar
Nesrin
EkinCem
Ibrahim
Selim

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Haha I'm flying to Turkey tomorrow xD I don't like any of yours, but my favorite Turkish names are:Aslan
Emir
Evren
ZekiAyla
Aylin
CerenAnd I know two guys named Osman and Cengiz, but I don't like the names
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Turkey is beautiful! Where are you going to be staying?I love Aylin and Aslan (but the book/series has made it unusable for humans, imo).
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Yeah it is :) I've been to Turkey three times before (Antalya and Marmaris) but this time I'm going to Kemer :)And actually, I think Aslan could work for humans. Aslan is a great..umm..lion :P And I don't think many children read the Narnia Trilogy these days, at least not here.
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Well, the recent movies have brought the story back to the spotlight otherwise I doubt many would know it. I was a huge fan of the British series back when I was a kid and it was very popular here.But, yeah Aslan is a good namesake:-)
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My favourite Turkish name was always Kelebek. I don't know, it just seems so chic. I also really like Pembe, Suleyman, Zeynep and Yonca. I tried to learn Turkish once, it was hard!
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Oh my! Kelebek is fabulous! It's so butterfly-y, not like in English where the poor animal is just a fly stuck in butter.
I also like Suleyman.It's funny watching it (it's the first Turkish show I've seen) and see all the words that we use that came from Turkish (Bosnia, Serbia and parts of Croatia were under the Ottoman Empire).

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