English sounding Turkish names?

[ChipmunksInAttic]

Hello,

I’m expecting my second son, and trying to pick a name, which is really difficult!

Our favorite at this moment is “Efe”, and “Aras” as a middle name. What do you think about those names? Anything to make fun of at school? Efe reads like Eh-fe (as in cafe) and Aras is like Ah-ras.

Another name we thought about were Ates (sounds Atesh).

My older one is called “Deniz” by the way, so it’s not an option anymore :)

Thanks in advance!

[Nifflerbowtruckle]

Enis
Emre
Emir
Omer

[Fabricwitch]

Maybe not particularly English sounding but I love the name Doğu

[shartsi]

Caan
Ezel
Mete
Ahmet

[Choccywoccyhooha]

Cem is definitely my favourite Turkish boys name, obviously the C pronunciation may be an issue at first, but you/he only need tell people once, almost everyone will remember.

[shartsi]

Ali

[starkid]

Already mentioned above a couple of times, but I know an Emre, pronounced em-ray, so not very hard :)

[Swarskid2184]

Barbaros

[coralush]

Bertan

[hoxt]

Emre, Mert, Furkan, Eren.

[coralush]

Ah just read the title - for a boy not girl - ooops!

[ShiningWhit]

Meant to type don't know any male elifs
Though do know a female Emre.

[CoteDAzur]

Elif is a girl's name in Turkey. It will never be a boy's name.

[ShiningWhit]

Batu
Enes
Ramy
Kann

[malfoyy]

I know a young half-Turkish lad named Eren.

Love the name and his mum told me it was Turkish.

[ShiningWhit]

Cenk is a disaster.
All these lovely names ruined by the alphabet!

Alp is one I love but not sure if others would make fun of it.

[ShiningWhit]

I don't know any female Elifs

Kurt
Raif
Reis
Deniz

[coralush]

Elif

[CoteDAzur]

Koray definitely works.

Names that end in -han and -kan mostly do, too:
Erkan
Serkan
Hakan
Serhan
Erhan

[FennyBridges]

Ozer?

[NaughtToThreeSadOnions]

Cenk (Jenk) i always thought it sounded a bit like jack or jake.

But i might be biased as i went to turkey when i was about 8 to visit a friend of my mums who emigrated out there and it was her sons name so its possiably about the only turkish name i know

[notaflyingmonkey]

I liked Idris as it works in both languages.

I think the trick is to find a Turkish name that works phonetically in English - assuming he is going to be brought up here - as well as thinking of any English language connotations with the sound of the name. And perhaps most importantly what his nickname will be at school.

[Dandelionrarrrr]

Cem (like Jem)

[Skyejuly]

Sofien is my nephews name! It's certainly a name!

It is however Tunisian I think, not Turkish. Sorry.

[ChipmunksInAttic]

Efes is the beer brand :)

For Can, I’m worried people will pronounce it like can and make fun of it.

Koray might be a good one!

[Hamiltoes]

Koray - pronounced Koh-rye

Met a lovely Turkish man with that name.

Is Efe not beer over there?