Turkish names that work in both England and Turkey

[LyraSilvertongue]

So I'm expecting baby number 3. This one has a Turkish father and he would really like him or her to have a Turkish name, which I'm happy with as long as it works here in the UK too. So nothing too Turkish and definitely no "special" letters.

The baby is already going to be stuck with DP's surname, which is very difficult for non-Turkish people to pronounce and contains three special letters, so the first name has to be easier. DP wants Ahmet for a boy, after his late father, but I don't like it so have agreed it can be the middle name.

Which just leaves the first name. We don't know yet if we're having a girl or boy.

Any suggestions?

What about Kamuran? Opinions?

I have picked Turkish names, Which works well both in Turkish and England. I like the following name...

Girls
Aisha
Naima
Nuura
Ayla
Zerrin
Aylin

Boys
Walid
Mustafa
Adem
Sami
Aydin

The other problem with a name beginning with C (j) is his/her surname begins with a Ç (ch). Confusing to have two names beginning with two different versions of C.

mmm but you could spell it Jem in England, Cem in Turkey?
maybe?

oh right i see that could be a bit odd...

The surname contains ç x2 and a ?, among many other letters. Bloody confusing Turkish alphabet

Girl names:
Selena
Almina or Mina
Tuana
Aleyna
Ilayda
Dilara
Leyla

Boys:
Arif
Ilyas
Idris
Taylan

I think Aydin is spelt Ayd?n in Turkish, that is with a dotless i. I'm not sure if you could spell it with a dotted i and it still be the same name in Turkish. From what I can remember dotted and dotless i's are pronounced slightly differently in Turkish.

Although obviously we don't have a dotless i in English so it would need to be spelt Aydin on a British birth certificate.

My girls are half Turkish and they are called Jasmine and Rojin.

We have a c in our surname and no-one says it right

Stat, dotted i is pronounced eee and the dotless i is pronounced urr.

That's my worry, Sootica.. The surname will be pronounced incorrectly by everyone who's not familiar with the Turkish alphabet, hence my reluctance to have any special characters in the first name.

It's quite amusing when I'm with DP somewhere where his name has to be called out, such as the doctor's surgery. They take one look at his surname, frown, and just call out his first name

My ds married a Turkish lady.Their dd is Serra pronounced with a short e.
She has a friend named Deniz meaning sea which I love and another called Selen.I also know a Dilara.
Boys Can [pn Jan] and Cem [pn Jem] both work well.

Thanks greylady but see my earlier posts about names beginning with C.

Serra is lovely. Like Sarah but more exotic.

Turkish girls names I love:

Girls:
Idil
Arzu
Azra
Sevgi
Ayla

Boys:
Kemal
Cenk (Jenk)
Emir
Arhan

Idil is my most favourite of those.

Serra is my beautiful dgd her pic is on my profile. I love her name and it works well in both countries. Sorry about the C names I missed that post. I do like Idris and it is Welsh as well as Turkish.

Mesut or Nazmi (both boy names)

I like Emil and deran for a boy and for a girl emel, Sara, hale- which will be difficult to pronounce.

Lol looking through the thread and you literally just named my son due this year :-) Taylan (a boy) thank you!!
I also have a son named Aydin
And was considering Adem.

:-)

Bilge for a girl. Or maybe not... I love Neslihan , Hazal and Suzan.

I once met a charming Turkish girl named 'Gulshan' (=Rose Garden) ; that was how I was told her name. But I suspect the person who told me was wrong.
I believe the correct Turkish is 'Gulsen' with two 'special' characters: two dots over the u and a cedilla on the s. So this probably won't help you at all. Apologies for wasting your time! But it's such a pretty meaning.

I love Jem for a boy but pretty sure it’s spelt with a C

Melike is cute for a girl

Th coolest girl name by far is Miray "shining like the moon". That is just the most beautiful meaning ever. I wish I had Turkish roots just so I could give this name to my daughter.

Others I like are:
Defne
Nehir
Zehra
Derin

Or Lina, which is also very popular in France and Scandinavia