Zen for a girl?

[zulo]

What are your thought on this name for a girl, Zen?

Thanks

I think ZEN is a beautiful name .
We all have our own opinions.

How about Kismet?

Or.... Lydia?

Melisa is lovely as well.

How do you go from Zen to Lydia?

It's Turkish Getout..... Kismet is Turkish for 'Fate'. The OP wants something for her heritage. Lydia is Turkish .... it's the name of the ancient kingdom where Croesus came from.

Zen is Japanese..... I should know

Sezen is lovely, then you can use Zen as a nickname although it is not half as pretty. My favourite Turkish girl's name is Senay, the name of my childhood next door neighbour and probably the most beautiful girl 7 year old me had ever seen,

I like Sezen.

I like Zen too but I think people will think more of Zen = Chilled rather than Zen = Turkish heritage.

One of my DC's friends is named Sanaa (pronounced Zenaia) I think that is more African than Turkish though.

Zenobia?

I know a boy called Zen but he's anything but. Totally hyper which makes me smile. That's always the risk with descriptive names.

I once met a very nice Turkish woman called Gulsen ( Ghyul-shen - I am sorry, I can't add the correct accents) - which means 'Rose Garden', I think. That has a similar 'en' sound to 'Zen' and would be a pretty name for a girl.

It can sometimes be difficult when well-recognised names from one region sound the same as words which have a different meaning in other parts of the world. For perhaps the majority of East Asian, American and European people, as previous posters have said, Zen refers to a way of following Buddhist teachings through meditiation, mindfulness, self-control and chanting sacred texts. For many English speakers, it's also become a shorthand way of saying 'chilled'.

Sezen is nice.

It sounds like the name a teen would choose wanting to revel against her parents. I also imagine her to be a drug taker who doesn't want to work

Zenya
Zenia
Zena
Zenna
Zenoushka
Zen would be a great Nick name.😄

I like Sezen. I don't dislike Zen but it would feel ironic every time she's having a tantrum!

Sezen is nice, I like it. Zen would be a hard name to wear when she's a stroppy teenager

Samira
Harika
Lamya

But Sezen is pretty too!

It is VERY "out there" to my English ears.

(A bit like a calling a child "hippy".)

Zelda?

i like Zen too btw! in japanese its a name for a boy though.

God no to zen.