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Turkish boys names
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 02:15 pm |
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If i have boy then i dont know what the name should be. Beautiful names pleas and their meanings too if you know.If they sound good in my languange too it would be perfekt  Thank you
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 02:33 pm |
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I'm having the same thoughts as you. I'd like my children to have names that can be used both in Turkey and in my country. I can only think of "Yunus" ("Jonas" in my country) but I don't like the sound of it in turkish, and Deniz ("Dennis" only boy name in my country) but I don't like the sound of it in my language, so.
edit: I have found this site which has a few name and their meanings: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/tur.php
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 02:40 pm |
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i like the name ömer..means first born son 
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 02:43 pm |
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i enjoyed the name özgür because its my names 
its means "free"
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 04:06 pm |
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Davut (boy) --> David (boy)
Sare (girl) --> Sarah (girl)
Suzan (girl) --> Susan (girl)
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 04:30 pm |
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I have many names which I like...
Özgür being one of them too
I also like:
Mehmet - another way of saying Mohamed 
Murat - wish/desire
Onur - pride/honour
Yusuf (Joseph)
Safa - freedom from worry (my cousins name)
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 04:58 pm |
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i like the name nebi meaning prophet
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 12:43 am |
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mustafa also another name of the prophet
note: though i ll name my son ''mustafa''in three weeks i think one more mustafa doesnt matter 
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 01:21 am |
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Quoting ramayan: mustafa also another name of the prophet
note: though i ll name my son ''mustafa''in three weeks i think one more mustafa doesnt matter |
hehe I love the name Mustafa too and I would have put it as one of my favourite here too, but isn't it orignally an Arabic name and not a Turkish one?
Either way it goes down as one of my favourite names too
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 01:29 am |
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does it matter if the name originated from arabic or turkish??
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 01:54 am |
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Quoting gezbelle: does it matter if the name originated from arabic or turkish??
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Not to me it doesn't no...but the original thread was "Turkish boys names" so just making sure if it is originally Arabic, which I think it is.
But like I said, I like the name either way
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 02:04 am |
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Quoting kai: Quoting gezbelle: does it matter if the name originated from arabic or turkish??
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Not to me it doesn't no...but the original thread was "Turkish boys names" so just making sure if it is originally Arabic, which I think it is.
But like I said, I like the name either way |
hmm...
...ismail is arabic in origin, but i do know it is used in turkey as a boy's name...
...does this count as a turkish boys name? or is it not turkish enough??
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 02:22 pm |
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Quoting gezbelle: ...ismail is arabic in origin, but i do know it is used in turkey as a boy's name...
...does this count as a turkish boys name? or is it not turkish enough?? |
Yes, it is Turkish.
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 05:37 pm |
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I think she's just asking for names which Turks give their children, yes?
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 05:47 pm |
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Quoting azade: I think she's just asking for names which Turks give their children, yes? |
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 06:02 pm |
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Im having a baby in july this year. I dont know if its boy or girl. with girl name we dont have problem.
Does Necmi mean anything in turkish??
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 07:02 pm |
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Quoting gülüm: Im having a baby in july this year. I dont know if its boy or girl. with girl name we dont have problem.
Does Necmi mean anything in turkish?? |
I'm not sure about Necmi but I have heard of Necmiye (related to stars).
Hope it helps, if not then I hope you find out your answer
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 11:42 pm |
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Quoting kai: Quoting gülüm: Im having a baby in july this year. I dont know if its boy or girl. with girl name we dont have problem.
Does Necmi mean anything in turkish?? |
I'm not sure about Necmi but I have heard of Necmiye (related to stars).
Hope it helps, if not then I hope you find out your answer |
Necmi - star-related
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Necme - star-related {girl's name}- but not a common name for a girl
Necmiye [more common]- means the same thing
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 11:44 pm |
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Quoting kai: Quoting gülüm: Im having a baby in july this year. I dont know if its boy or girl. with girl name we dont have problem.
Does Necmi mean anything in turkish?? |
I'm not sure about Necmi but I have heard of Necmiye (related to stars).
Hope it helps, if not then I hope you find out your answer |
Necmi is the male version of Necmiye.
Its meaning is same as Necmiye: about stars/related to stars/belongs to stars
It comes from Arabic too, so I am sure not everyone knows the meaning. Even I have just learned
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 11:50 pm |
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My friend is having a boy in july and they have a few names in mind
KAAN
IBRAHIM
YUNUS... DONT KNOW IF THAT IS CORRECT SPELLING
ISMAIL
ENIS
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29 Jan 2007 Mon 11:59 pm |
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my boy name is ORHAN
ORHAN: Governor of the city
the second sultan of Ottoman Empire name's
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30 Jan 2007 Tue 12:03 am |
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is it very uncommon to take your fathers name in turkey? I know that in alot of countries the first born son is often named after his father (wich is what I was wanting to do because I love his name) but I haven't known any turkish males named after their father.... is it ok? Uhgggg why are girls so much easier to name :-S
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30 Jan 2007 Tue 12:04 am |
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Quoting karekin04: is it very uncommon to take your fathers name in turkey? I know that in alot of countries the first born son is often named after his father (wich is what I was wanting to do because I love his name) but I haven't known any turkish males named after their father.... is it ok? Uhgggg why are girls so much easier to name :-S |
yes its fine although its usually grandparents/uncles etc first i think, in southeast turkey anyway ..
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30 Jan 2007 Tue 12:10 am |
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Quoting robyn : Quoting karekin04: is it very uncommon to take your fathers name in turkey? I know that in alot of countries the first born son is often named after his father (wich is what I was wanting to do because I love his name) but I haven't known any turkish males named after their father.... is it ok? Uhgggg why are girls so much easier to name :-S |
yes its fine although its usually grandparents/uncles etc first i think, in southeast turkey anyway .. |
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30 Jan 2007 Tue 12:12 am |
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Quoting robyn : Quoting karekin04: is it very uncommon to take your fathers name in turkey? I know that in alot of countries the first born son is often named after his father (wich is what I was wanting to do because I love his name) but I haven't known any turkish males named after their father.... is it ok? Uhgggg why are girls so much easier to name :-S |
yes its fine although its usually grandparents/uncles etc first i think, in southeast turkey anyway .. |
Yes, in Turkey, the names of the grandfathers are more common.
My uncle has a son, my cousin. his name is Mustafa Emin. Mustafa is the name of his father's father and Emin is his mother's father. So his name is his grandfathers' names.
This is very common. In some families, this is thought as the respect and/or the love to the fathers. One o my friend will have a son soon. He said that he and his father were a litle bad as relation, and he wants to correct this. For that reason, he decided to give his father's name to his son.
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30 Jan 2007 Tue 12:12 am |
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Quoting karekin04: Quoting robyn : Quoting karekin04: is it very uncommon to take your fathers name in turkey? I know that in alot of countries the first born son is often named after his father (wich is what I was wanting to do because I love his name) but I haven't known any turkish males named after their father.... is it ok? Uhgggg why are girls so much easier to name :-S |
yes its fine although its usually grandparents/uncles etc first i think, in southeast turkey anyway .. |
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 well hope it will work out for you ..my daughter has two middle names..okkes and his friends thought it was weird but they were important names for me so i did it anyway ..
there are people who name babies after parents,siblings etc so it won't be too weird
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31 Jan 2007 Wed 06:26 pm |
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You can check this out as well:
http://www.turk.ch/webchat/isimler.htm
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31 Jan 2007 Wed 06:52 pm |
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OZAY!!
OKTAY Is ma name? or last name?
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31 Jan 2007 Wed 07:32 pm |
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There are also some names here: http://www.geocities.com/~abdulwahid/muslimarticles/names_turkish.html
However I have noticed that these sites are very faulty and imcomplete. I can think of many regular turkish names which are not on there...
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 01:36 pm |
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Quoting Mavy: OZAY!!
OKTAY Is ma name? or last name? |
Can be both. It is a male name, and also a last name.
If you know the famous old football player: Metin OKTAY
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 04:58 pm |
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Quoting caliptrix:
Can be both. It is a male name, and also a last name.
If you know the famous old football player: Metin OKTAY |
Futbooooooooool??? I only know Claudio Pizarro from Peru
and i ask for Oktay coz i listened Raga Oktay...
and there are a place named Octay in Chile
Thanks for info Caliptrix
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 07:17 pm |
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My guy's name is Serafettin (I find it really nice, hehe) and he told me it means Glory. But I ain't sure if there is an equivalent in English.
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 10:56 pm |
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Quoting parisisbeautifu: My guy's name is Serafettin (I find it really nice, hehe) and he told me it means Glory. But I ain't sure if there is an equivalent in English. |
Şerafettin means "the glory of the religion".
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02 Feb 2007 Fri 12:53 am |
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i like kaya
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02 Feb 2007 Fri 02:20 am |
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Quoting Mavy: Quoting caliptrix:
Can be both. It is a male name, and also a last name.
If you know the famous old football player: Metin OKTAY |
Futbooooooooool??? I only know Claudio Pizarro from Peru
and i ask for Oktay coz i listened Raga Oktay...
and there are a place named Octay in Chile
Thanks for info Caliptrix |
Hello Mavy! where are you from? have you been in Puerto Octay , Chile? interesting! my father comes from a city nearby!
As for turkish names I like of arabic origin like Ismail , Ibrahim (I loooove them in spanish they are Ismael and Abraham) but also
Hakan , Murat , Özgür , Muzaffer , Emre... very beautıful and strong names to me.
The last one I heard is "Arda"
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06 Feb 2007 Tue 11:41 pm |
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Best name ever - TURAN
Why? because its my name
Its meaning is very important to the Türk Dünyası as a whole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turan
Eğer Kazakistan, Azerbaycan, Türkmenistan, yada Özbekistana gidersen, TURAN ismiyi bilecekler
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06 Feb 2007 Tue 11:49 pm |
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Quoting VCanuck: Eğer Kazakistan, Azerbaycan, Türkmenistan, yada Özbekistana gidersen, TURAN ismiyi bilecekler |
it is "ismini". not ismiyi.
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 07:06 pm |
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Best boys name is definately Kaşif (Kiasheef) meaning explorer/discoverer!!!!! çok güzel!
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 08:13 am |
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Quoting xkirstyx: Best boys name is definately Kaşif (Kiasheef) meaning explorer/discoverer!!!!! çok güzel! |
Have you ever seen someone who has this name?
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 08:47 am |
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WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc AND onur"
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 03:00 pm |
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Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc |
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 03:18 pm |
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Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc AND onur" |
i prefer savaş and vur al
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 03:52 pm |
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 04:00 pm |
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Quoting susie k: Kadir and Mert |
u need to get permission to use kadir...u can take the copy right from deli-kadir..btw where has she been?
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 04:03 pm |
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 04:06 pm |
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Quoting susie k: Quoting ramayan: Quoting susie k: Kadir and Mert |
u need to get permission to use kadir...u can take the copy right from deli-kadir..btw where has she been? |
My hubby's called Kadir so I'm allowed!   |
no u r not just,thinking makes it so
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 04:12 pm |
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 04:20 pm |
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Quote: susie k
Hee Hee are you maniac
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i dont think its ur business
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 04:51 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc |
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What ... Is it a strange name in Turkey?
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 05:31 pm |
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Quoting gezbelle: does it matter if the name originated from arabic or turkish??
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To some people it does. Turkish people "encountered" Arab people a little over 1000 a years ago. Those people had names that some want to carry forward.
For example, I didn't want my first son to have a name from the christian Bible. I wanted him to have a "Viking' name.
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 05:51 pm |
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Quoting caliptrix: Quoting gezbelle: ...ismail is arabic in origin, but i do know it is used in turkey as a boy's name...
...does this count as a turkish boys name? or is it not turkish enough?? |
Yes, it is Turkish. |
You may know Turkish language but not history!
"The Koran says that Abraham took his elder son, Ishmael, to be sacrificed"
This event occured thousands of years before the Turks "encountered" arabs.
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 07:21 pm |
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Quoting longinotti1: Quoting caliptrix: Quoting gezbelle: ...ismail is arabic in origin, but i do know it is used in turkey as a boy's name...
...does this count as a turkish boys name? or is it not turkish enough?? |
Yes, it is Turkish. |
You may know Turkish language but not history!
"The Koran says that Abraham took his elder son, Ishmael, to be sacrificed"
This event occured thousands of years before the Turks "encountered" arabs. |
caliptrix is turkish...and ishmael is generally perceived as a turkish name..i only know turkish people called ishmael the origins of the name are no longer as important in choosing names..in my opinion anyway..
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 07:28 pm |
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Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc AND onur" |
i like the name onur, i also like suleyman, osman, mustafa, mehmet etc etc.. typical names..also the name peker because theres a really good looking actor with that name
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 07:34 pm |
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Quoting robyn : Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc AND onur" |
i also like suleyman, osman, mustafa, mehmet etc etc.. typical names.. |
Me too
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 08:02 pm |
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 08:03 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting robyn : Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc AND onur" |
i also like suleyman, osman, mustafa, mehmet etc etc.. typical names.. |
Me too |
we agreed..now which 1 of us is ill?
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 10:17 pm |
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Quoting longinotti1: Quoting caliptrix: Quoting gezbelle: ...ismail is arabic in origin, but i do know it is used in turkey as a boy's name...
...does this count as a turkish boys name? or is it not turkish enough?? |
Yes, it is Turkish. |
You may know Turkish language but not history!
"The Koran says that Abraham took his elder son, Ishmael, to be sacrificed"
This event occured thousands of years before the Turks "encountered" arabs. |
I don't mean to take sides but as far as I am aware Ismail was originally Arabic ....إسماعيل but either way, I'm not bothered...I have a Turkish friend named Ismail too It's a common name in Turkey, and a nice one too!
That's why I said about Mustafa too, because I have two friends who are named Mustafa - one who is Arabic and the other Turkish
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 10:30 pm |
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Quoting Dilara: As for turkish names I like of arabic origin like Ismail , Ibrahim (I loooove them in spanish they are Ismael and Abraham) but also
Hakan , Murat , Özgür , Muzaffer , Emre... very beautıful and strong names to me.
The last one I heard is "Arda" |
abi! ....
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 11:11 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting nastica: WHAT ABOUT THE NAME "erdinc |
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@ Aenigma.....vigorous
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11 Feb 2007 Sun 09:36 pm |
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Quoting kai: Quoting longinotti1: Quoting caliptrix: Quoting gezbelle: ...ismail is arabic in origin, but i do know it is used in turkey as a boy's name...
...does this count as a turkish boys name? or is it not turkish enough?? |
Yes, it is Turkish. |
You may know Turkish language but not history!
"The Koran says that Abraham took his elder son, Ishmael, to be sacrificed"
This event occured thousands of years before the Turks "encountered" arabs. |
I don't mean to take sides but as far as I am aware Ismail was originally Arabic ....إسماعيل but either way, I'm not bothered...I have a Turkish friend named Ismail too It's a common name in Turkey, and a nice one too!
That's why I said about Mustafa too, because I have two friends who are named Mustafa - one who is Arabic and the other Turkish |
You say "encountered". I don't know if that has a big effect for you, but İsmail is a Turkish name now. You cannot say "origins are different, so it is not Turkish". I remember this discuss many times maden, I will just give a few names:
Osman, Ömer, Ahmet, Mehmet, Muhammet, İsmail, İbrahim, İshak, Yusuf, Yakup, Abdullah, Mustafa, Tarık, Mahmut, Ayşe, Fatma, Elif, Esra, Büşra, Ali, Kadir, Yasin, Adem, Bekir, Hatice, Musa, İsa, Tuba, Nur, Kübra...
They are all Arabic names, and you can't say that they are not Turkish. You can't categorize them like that...
By the way, do you think that Abraham is not Arabic and İbrahim is Arabic? They are names of prophets. They refer on the same person. So, does it matter that it is Arabic or Latin?
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11 Feb 2007 Sun 10:11 pm |
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Erm... if Ishmail/Ismael (or how you write it) comes from Abrahamic time, isn't it then a Jewish/Hebrew/Aramese name?
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12 Feb 2007 Mon 12:07 am |
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I love the name Ibrahim although i could be a little bias because the love of my life is called that!
Apart from that name i also love the names tuncay,ümit and Emre.
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12 Feb 2007 Mon 12:41 am |
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i like the name "FATIH" for aboy MEANS THE CONQUER like the sultan "MOHAMET ALFATIH".
and also "AHMET" MEANS AHMED
tell me yor opinion.
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12 Feb 2007 Mon 04:23 pm |
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yea i love the name fatih too.
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 02:07 am |
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caliptrix
Quote: have you ever seen anyone who has this name? |
yes, a few, why?
p.s how the hec do I do that quote thing?? :-S
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 02:33 am |
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Quoting Trudy: Erm... if Ishmail/Ismael (or how you write it) comes from Abrahamic time, isn't it then a Jewish/Hebrew/Aramese name? |
If you check the modern languages in European countries you will see many words (including names)imported from old latin and Grek languages. They have been used by different nations for ages. Today, nobody thinks that 'Mariam' is not an English name even though it's origin is not English.
The fact that, people import a word from a foreign language then absorb it and then it becomes their own words. After that, you can talk about that word's origin, but you can not talk about what language does it belong to today.
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 11:03 am |
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Quoting xkirstyx: caliptrix
Quote: have you ever seen anyone who has this name? |
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Because I have never seen.
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 11:14 am |
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Hi all ismail is used as boys name in turkey .
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 12:24 pm |
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My other half likes Arda, id never even heard it till he mentioned it a few months back. It's grown on em but i do really like murat and hassan, girls names are mcuh easier
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 01:49 pm |
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my sisters just named her turkish son sabri
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 04:10 pm |
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i like the name Fatih (but for biased reason aswell lol) but cant seem to say it properly at times with my manchester accent lol.
found these two pages which are good for names:
http://www.turkishculture.org/pages.php?ChildID=209&ParentID=12&ID=56&ChildID1=209
i also like Ali, Emre (loving friend, older brother), Eren (saint). i know a lad named Ferah (joy, pleasure, cheerfulness) aswell, i think its a girls name but i like it for either.
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15 Feb 2007 Thu 04:53 pm |
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I have a male bestfriend from Istanbul and his name is Eren Çağri
Eren=saint and Çağri=founder of old turkısh empire
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 05:11 pm |
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I have i girl now.9 days old and her name will be Aleyna 
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 05:16 pm |
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Quoting gülüm: I have i girl now.9 days old and her name will be Aleyna |
Congratulations! May you all be very happy and healthy!
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 05:24 pm |
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Names used by families living here where one in foreign one Turkish:
Girls:
Melis (Melissa)
Serra (Sarah)
Alara or Lara
Yasemin
Aleyna
Aylin (Eileen)
Leyla (Leila)
Keti (Katie)
Any of the many names including Su (Sue) e.g. Aysu, Cansu
Suzan (Suzanne)
Selin (Celine)
Boys:
Levent (Lee)
Cem (very popular! UK short form of Jim or Jeremy)
Deniz (Dennis)
Danyel (Daniel)
Can (John)
Sami (Sammy)
Yakup (Jake)
Kaan (Khan)
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 05:38 pm |
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Quoting gülüm: I have i girl now.9 days old and her name will be Aleyna |
Tebrikler!
Allah bağışlasın, Allah analı babalı büyütsün
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 05:40 pm |
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Quoting MarioninTurkey:
Keti (Katie)
Danyel (Daniel)
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Are you sure about "Keti"?
I have never heard it.
And I think the other should be "Danyal" with "a".
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 05:52 pm |
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Hello,
The first female manager of a life insurance company in Turkey, who used to be a partner at Coopers & Lybrand is Keti Bonofiyel. Maybe she is from a minority? But the name seems to have caught on.
Danyel is quite popular amongst some of my Turkish friends, I know at least 3 young boys with this name.
I also thought of Canet or Janet for girls.
Often people have two names. In the UK we use the first one if we have two. In Turkey it is usual to use the second one. e.g. Mehmet Ali Şimşek would be called Ali. He may write his name M. Ali Şimşek. You could use two names, one more Turkish, one more OK for overseas, and then the kids can choose for themselves when they grow up. e.g. my friend called her daughter Kayra Grace (both mean grace!) and she is called Kayra in Turkey.
I would just caution against using names that sound funny in another language. e.g. Fatih is a WONDERFUL name if your child is going to live in Turkey all their life, but back in England they will be teased as "Fatty".
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25 Jul 2007 Wed 06:16 pm |
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Quoting MarioninTurkey: Hello,
The first female manager of a life insurance company in Turkey, who used to be a partner at Coopers & Lybrand is Keti Bonofiyel. Maybe she is from a minority? But the name seems to have caught on.
Danyel is quite popular amongst some of my Turkish friends, I know at least 3 young boys with this name.
I also thought of Canet or Janet for girls.
Often people have two names. In the UK we use the first one if we have two. In Turkey it is usual to use the second one. e.g. Mehmet Ali Şimşek would be called Ali. He may write his name M. Ali Şimşek. You could use two names, one more Turkish, one more OK for overseas, and then the kids can choose for themselves when they grow up. e.g. my friend called her daughter Kayra Grace (both mean grace!) and she is called Kayra in Turkey.
I would just caution against using names that sound funny in another language. e.g. Fatih is a WONDERFUL name if your child is going to live in Turkey all their life, but back in England they will be teased as "Fatty".
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In fact, it sounds rude for me to change the names which has meanings
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