Aslan or Zeki?

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Which name do you prefer for our soon to be born baby boy?

Aslan is a lovely name.

Ahaha, really?

@murasaki what?

If I had to choose, Zeki.

Is this a joke? Must be.

Both are absolutely awful

@Nightmanagerfan why would it be a joke!? Both are Turkish names

Alsan, CS Lewis, Narnia. A no go.

Not sure of Zeki's origins, I don't personally like it, but its better than Asian.

I think Aslan has been somewhat ruined as a name in the U.K. because of Narnia.

Ah for editing. Zeki over Asian.

I like Zeki. Not sure why people are so rude about these names

Aslan

Because they don't realise that they are quite normal names in Turkey

I'd pick Zeki on the grounds that we've has Aslan written as Alsan and Asian already

We have an Aslan in our family. Mum is Turkish. It's a lovely name. Sister is Esra - lovely names.

Aslan is a traditional Turkish name - fairly popular these days in Turkish speaking countries - it means 'Lion'. Hence why C S Lewis used it for the lion in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.

Zeki is also a Turkish name and means 'Intelligent'.

I prefer Aslan.

We were thinking maybe because of Narnia, Aslan might actually be more known and accepted in the UK but maybe not then

Not Aslan; strongly brings to mind the lion and has been mistyped twice already just in this thread.

Zeki is nice.

Zeki gets the thumbs up from me

Zeki

Aslan is lovely, but the lion character being Jesus-like makes it an odd choice to people who know the books. It’s a shame really. Zeki is cute though.

I actually quite like Aslan and my taste in names is dull as ditchwater. There is obviously a heavy association with Narnia.

Ive never heard of Zeki before but I’d go with Ezekiel and have it as a shortening if you really want to use it.

Ah I’ve just read the thread. Maybe not Ezekiel then! I personally prefer Aslan over Zeki but you will get the lion comments. I used to know a lovely Turkish chap called Emre which I’ve always thought was a nice name!

Aslan is too heavily related to lion (and yes, Jesus) for use in the UK. If that doesn’t bother you, fair enough.

I have a distant friend with an 18YO Zeki. I quite like it.

Leo? Still a lion.

Love Zeki