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Thenadish · 29/02/2016 21:24

First baby due June, mum is Turkish Cypriot / English with family of Turkish names and Dad is English with a family of traditional English and biblical names. We are after a name that can be pronounced by English people and our Turkish family, preferably using the Turkish spelling.

Ideas welcomed! (Both genders please) x

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CoteDAzur · 01/03/2016 08:02

Sorry, I'll correct some of these. Turks don't do creative spelling, because the language is written 100% phonetically. All names mean something and many are words currently used in everyday language, so if you are going to invent a name (which is very rare) you still need to write it correctly.

Deriya Derya ("sea" - girl or boy)
Kayla - Not a Turkish name. I think it's Eastern European. Greek?
Enes Enis
Zerin Zerrin (old woman's name)
Layla Leyla
Tanner Taner

Fugghetaboutit · 01/03/2016 09:00

Koray - my nephews name means amber moon Smile
Halil
Hasan
Erol
Aydin
Levent

Deniz - sea
Meral
Senay
Selen
Hayriye

FuckOffDavid · 01/03/2016 10:10

I know a beautiful wee Turkish girl called Emine, not sure if it is a Turkish or Arabic name though.

CoteDAzur · 01/03/2016 10:15

Emine is the Turkish equivalent of Amina (Arabic)

Other names on this thread that come from Arabic:

Ayse (Aysha)
Safiye (Safiyya)
Leyla (Layla)
Rabia
Rana

Hall (Khalil)
Hasan (Hassan)
Mehmet (Mohammad)
Mesut (Massoud)

Fugghetaboutit · 01/03/2016 12:32

My great aunt was Emine, beautiful lovely woman Smile

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