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in reply to a message by Adenydd
Same as you, I'm not usually fond of that -bel ending that's so popular right now.
However, there are a few exceptions - and Sibel is one of them.
It's one of my favourite Turkish names, and yes, it's indeed rather common among the Turkish community here, albeit not on babies as far as I know.
I'm not convinced it really means "prophetess", though. To me, it looks more like some of those sites might have "borrowed" this meaning from Sibyl (another name that I love by the way).
Some of my - fairly trustworthy - name books say that it's a Turkish name of uncertain origin and meaning. They suggest, however, that there are two theories concerning its meaning:
it could mean "raindrop (caught between sky and earth)" or else it could go back to an ancient Turkish fertility goddess and mean "spike of wheat".
I'm not sure if those are correct either but well... I thought I'd share nonetheless ;-)
However, there are a few exceptions - and Sibel is one of them.
It's one of my favourite Turkish names, and yes, it's indeed rather common among the Turkish community here, albeit not on babies as far as I know.
I'm not convinced it really means "prophetess", though. To me, it looks more like some of those sites might have "borrowed" this meaning from Sibyl (another name that I love by the way).
Some of my - fairly trustworthy - name books say that it's a Turkish name of uncertain origin and meaning. They suggest, however, that there are two theories concerning its meaning:
it could mean "raindrop (caught between sky and earth)" or else it could go back to an ancient Turkish fertility goddess and mean "spike of wheat".
I'm not sure if those are correct either but well... I thought I'd share nonetheless ;-)
This message was edited 3/30/2012, 2:30 PM
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