I would really appreciate your female opinion on these names i dont know too many turkish names so dont know if the ones i have chose will be suitable i like :
ADEM, AYDIN , CAN, ENIS , ISMAIL, KAYA, KORAY, OZAN AND TAYLAN FOR BOYS .
AYLA, ALIYE , SEREN , HULYA, DILARA AND LAILA FOR GIRLS .
I know its a little bit early to be thinking of names but im hoping to become pregnant later on this year and want to find the perfect name . hasan is useless at anything like this so this is why im asking you .

There is a book that has many Turkish names listed, with their meaning or origin if known. I don't think the book tells you whether a name is old-fashioned or not, it has both modern and old names. But i think if you like a name, you should just choose it

Title: Çocuk isimleri : (anlamlar) : A'den Z'ye ansiklopedik
Written by: Yalcin Toker

Istanbul : Huzur yaylnevi, 2002
ISBN 975866607X

The book is in Turkish, but the explanations are small and quite simple. With basic knowledge and a dictionary you will certainly understand yourself. Otherwise you can ask your 'future daddy' or helpful people here online

There are a few names i like myself, for girls tho.

- Gözde
- Gülsüm (Kadir doesn't like it tho)
- Gönül (if im not mistaken)
- Ayşe
- Sevgi


Good luck

From your list for boys, I don't like these :
ADEM, AYDIN , CAN, ISMAIL

But I like these:
Enis , KAYA, KORAY, OZAN, TAYLAN

For girls, I don't like these:
AYLA, Aliye , SEREN , Dilara

But these are OK:
Hülya, Leyla

In your case, I would not pick a name with Turkish characters. So this eliminates Hülya.

How about the following? How do they souns in English pronounciation?

Girls:
Handan
Emel
Jale
Melis
Yasemin
Lara (This one I haven't heard in Turkish but it sounds like a nice name to me.)


I checked the UK Staistics Department's pages for inspiration for Turkish names with smillar sounds. I found this strategy useful for girls names but useless for boys names. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp

My daughter has a friend that is half Turkish and half German...her name is Yasemin and she is a true delight!

As for the boys name Enis...it is too close to something else in English when you add a letter before it"p", and I know kids...he would never here the end of it!!

Good luck though...

When you live abroad Turkish characters are not easy to manage. For instance you can't type your name easly on every computer. Even if you can do by learning some shortcuts on the keyboard this doesnt mean other people can type your name correctly.
In some situations other people must write your name correctly as well.

For instance my name is Erdinç with a ç at the end. When I signed in for a username on this website I didnt know whether it does or doesnt support Turkish characters. I could have spend a few minutes to search but the point is that these a few minutes are too many. I can not bother to seach everywhere, on every forum, on every website whether or not it supports Turkish characters. I had also another problem with my username. A new member decided to choose the username erdınç. As you see two letter are different. There is ı instead i and there is ç instead c but surprisingly at first glance erdinc and erdınç look the same for many people. So we had a small problem with another user because Turkish characters.

Yahoo doesnt support Turkish characters. When you send an e-mail with yahoo the characters appear corrupted. There are a few places like this on the Internet.
Also it lacks flexibility. If the person is going to be half Turkish and half foreign a neutral name will be a good idea as it gives the person flexibility. Maybe the parents will divorce, maybe the person will not be happy with the Turkish background, maybe the person will not like to give personal information about his/her background by just writing his/her name.

Hmmm never thought of it that way. Yeah, i hate it when Hotmail makes the ı » ý.. Looks really weird and annoying to read.

Right now I'd go for Gamze, Gözde or Filiz.

I love the English name Sarah.. would that sound funny, to be named Sarah when you live in Türkiye? Is there a Turkish name that sounds like Sarah? Or a the Turkish equivalent to Sarah? (Just like: Phyllis - Filiz, Esther - Yıldız)

I think my name sounds nice in Turkish But that might be because Kadir is the one saying it

im glad that Deli Kizin mentioned the name Filiz! that is my daughters name, she is named after my husband's sister, and at first i wasn't keen on the name, as I thought people would hear it and think of the english name 'Phyliss' which is quite old fashioned, but it has grown on me now, and it really suits her.
I would just like to know what other people think of this name?
My daughter's middle name is Aliye.
Deli Kizin, you also mentioned that you liked the name Sarah. I have a friend called Sarah, and her name has been translated to Esra by her turkish family.

Ok Thanks!! My sister's name is Phyllis But in Holland it sounds special and not old-fashioned
I really like it and I really want to name my daughter Filiz if i ever get one. Sarah has always been one of my favourites, but to name a daughter Sarah in Holland and let it be pronounced the dutch way, would take the beauty away, in my opinion.

Would it be normal to live in Türkiye and name your daughter Sarah, and call her Esra?

hi deli and everyone who replied
my neice is called SEHER which i think sounds close to sarah

sorry didnt get it erdinc is lara a turkish name

Lara Croft

(sorry couldn't resist to make such a lame comment)

there is a new story of Tomb Raider is coming as i read on a magazine

Honey,
Is English your mother tongue?
I ask because there is a subtle but deep differnce from 'hoping to get pregnant' and 'planning to have a baby'. They both amount to the same thing, which is a new life, and the mother of that new human being will be committed to it until her dying day. They say when you get married, that it is a serious commitment that must not be entered in to lightly, but the most serious commitment anyone can make is to have a child.
'Hoping to get pregnant' implies that you hope, expect or wish something to occur from getting pregnant.
I will say no more on an open forum, but if you wish to discuss this privately you can send me a message or an email.
I live in Turkey with my Turkish husband and have two grown up children. My grandson lives with me as my own child and I have seen a lot of life.
I love Turkish names because they almost always have a meaning. My husbands name is Reşit, whıch means to have come of age, to be mature, and at 54 he is the biggest kid I know!!!!

a close friend of mine sugested few names like Timur, Batuhan and others i cant remember the complete names of many founders of turkey. He recommended that bcoz he loves history. His brothers names r Turker & Fatih, and his sister's in law name is Emel. I think turkish names r interesting. As for girl's name I like Nayla, its not turkish name just somehow I like the pronunciation.

Deniz (sea) is a nice name, I think - and unisex.

H.

Does anyone know if "BERIKA" is a turkish girls name