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Turkish girls names that work in the UK?

79 replies

sel2223 · 02/09/2024 15:25

Not sure what we're having yet but starting to think about names for our half Turkish / half British baby and would prefer a Turkish name that will work in the UK.

We've got a few boys names we like but struggling with girls names.

Don't want anything beginning or ending with the letter 'A' as will be too similar to DD1. Nothing with the letter 'C' in it or any special characters from the Turkish alphabet (ç, ș, I, ģ)

Kind of like Emel or Emine (pronounced Em-een-eh) with nn Emmy as a bit of a tribute to my best friend of 35 years, Emma) - would love to hear honest opinions on that as not planning to discuss with anyone IRL

Open to other suggestions? I feel like I've seen hundreds of Turkish girls names but maybe I've missed the perfect one!

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TheLadyIsAVamp · 02/09/2024 15:39

I grew up with a girl named Merve which I always thought was quite a pretty name.

Bitteralmond · 02/09/2024 15:36

@girljulian I cross-posted with you, but very similar choices!

girljulian · 02/09/2024 15:34

I really like Elif. Lots of people will recognise it because of the writer Elif Shafak, and even if not, it's easy to say.

Yasmin?

Bitteralmond · 02/09/2024 15:33

I think there was another similar post recently. Melis is nice and close to Melissa. Aylin or Yasmin maybe. Not similar to English but easy to pronounce spell: Elif, Nejla, Emsal, Dilan, or Derya.