Merhaba,

I like the turkish names but I want to know the best and pobular names in now days

thanks

Nowadays i hear the name Su and Ada a lot for girls and Berke for boys.

Ada is a very nice name and you can find it not only in Turkey; I have a friend - Alexandra - but their parents called her Ada since her birth

Some modern Turkish names for girls:

Öykü, Ada, Yağmur, Dünya, Gül, Merve, Yazgül, Göknur, Dilan, Ekin, Tutku, Yaprak, Duygu, İlknur, Deniz, Güzin, Rüya, Aygül, Esin, Umut, Yasemin, Ezgi, Menekşe, Bilge, Neslihan, Nehir, Asya, Gülün, Hüzün, Yıllar, Hazan...

Thanks for all reply we have two names Dünya and Emel we are named this in my country

I like turkish nams very much espesially (Gülbahar, Hanzada,Aslı, Asil, Aslihan,Kenan,Sinan,

Nurhan,)and all names in turkish language

The other day we met these lil girls playing on the playground:

simya (alchemy)

simge (symbol)

duru su (clean water)

 The last one is written as Mikail.

reminded me of simin (made of silver)

 ahh sorry, I thought of the english version (Michael)

 I know a very beautiful girls name
it means light soul/hearted
its Nurcan...

I like Aladdin

=) Allah is also popular

 İ know a turkish man named Nurcan 

hahaha so do I
but I made everyone call him Nuri

My favourite names for

boys: alp, aslan, alpaslan, barış, bilge, kaya, hakan, sinan, tolga, uğur, yavuz, ...

girls: begüm, bilge, gözde, inci, ipek, sevgi, sevinç, ...

I think people tend to reflect their ideological stance into the names of their children.

My friend´s son is called ´Baris Dogu´ another friend´s one is called ´Bariscan´..

 What about these?

Direnç

Sanal

Zagor

Türksel

Güncel

İlginç

Yarra

Kavin

Ürün

Pıtık

Dalçık

http://haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?Newsid=292836&Categoryid=4&wid=156

And these:

İklime Nur

Fatma İkra

Sunusi Fatih

Kevser Su

Tuana Katre

Maaz Kılıç

Muhammed Muaz

Feyza Ebrar

etc

http://haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?Newsid=293678&Categoryid=4&wid=156

İ love turkish names as well ... my favorıte are:

Ada  has been used in England since the 1800, but I believe originated from Germany.

Ada: Island in english

I like Çiğdem, Sıla, Ebru, Beyza, Naz for girls & Tayfun for boys...

Anyone heard a girl name "Simla" before?

 I dint know about ElaA friend of mine called me Ela..and I remember, long time ago, when I was 10, one of my uncle called me Ela (from Elena)

 few months ago I have heard someone said "my new born daughter`s name will be Ada, because she will be the island of my heart - kalbimin adasi - I think is very romantic

Yes it´s turkish for hazel (like the eye color) in english. İ really like it. Ela for Elena, that´s cute! the most creative nickname i get is Cat.. for Catherine

I definitely recommend ALPHA, as the upcoming Turkish name for intelligent boys of the next century.  

Both Ada and Ela function in Polish as short versions of Adrianna and Elżbieta respectively. There is a common girl´s name in Ireland - Ella.

I love the fact that Turkish names mean something and they come from common nouns. Most of them sound really nice so I wouldn´t be able to list my favourite ones. I guess Tarık and Arda for boys would be my choice and Elif and Esra for girls

Tarık: Morning Sun 

Arda: Prince or commander 

Elif (i looove this name, im turk and i think this name is so elegant) : Very beautiful shining girl, 

Esra: faster, like a jack-in-the-box

the turkish best boy name : volkan,hakan,gökhan,emre

girl name : ilayda,merve,ceren,gizem

http://izleturka.blogspot.com

And ofcourse I have to put my Jewish two cents in (oh wait, I have to meet the stereotype and just put one cent in). Ada is a name that is present in many cultures. In the African culture it has something to do with daughter (not sure, just google it ) and in Hebrew Ada means something like beautiful, or something that makes other things beautiful. My aunt was called Ada ... She wasn´t Jewish or African though

And what was the name mentioned before... Türksel... is that seriously a name? no right... must be a joke...

Ada is not related to any other name in other languages. Ada means "island" in Turkish.

You would read Ada by stressing the first syllable in English whereas in Turkish both syllables are equal in length the second one is slightly emphatic. Like Uh-´duh.

We have guests here from other threads. It seems they are likely to be bored of serious discussions and just wanna have some fun! 

Here is what I found for the name Ada:

in German it means noble kind, of the noble sort

in Hebrew it means adorment

in African it means eldest daughter

What they are saying is that it doesnt relate to any other language because ADA is the actual turkish noun for island. İt would be like naming you child Apple in America.

yes I agree with you but Ada has been used as a girl´s name since the late 1800´s

I have come across that name in documents I research for genealogy

Nobody said Ada in Turkish was related to other Ada´s  People just mentioned that it was a name present in different cultures and languages as well. And in Dutch the name is pronounced the same as in Turkish, even though it has nothing to do with islands over here (I have no idea what the uh du thing was about )

 Do you have proof for this?

I don´t think Ada was used as Turkish name until recently. It´s probably a copying from the other languages. Yes it has a meaning in Turkish and sounds good as a name.

I think Ada is a good Turkish name to go "international"... if you have international plans for your kid, it might be wise not to give it a name with ç or other "turkish" letters that don´t work well abroad. I guess nowadays you have to keep in mind also what names mean abroad. One of my cousin´s called her daughter Natasja... I think she might get some strange looks if she ever goes to Turkey...

Natasha was formerly an American fantasy. It was the name of the sexy Russian spy of adventure books. Natasha was almost synonymous with the cold, exotic and dangerous but equally desirable female character. Today there are companies promoting Russian brides seeking American husbands; so, there is no need anymore for the book.

Lol, that´s putting it lightly I think we all know what Natasha is synonymous for nowadays in Turkey

Here I found a list of Turkish m/f and unisex names .

They also have a test to distinguish them.

http://turkish.pgeorgalas.gr/NamesSetEn.asp

There are more of them (those I can remember now):

Deniz,

Şirin,

Hikmet,

Altan,

Aygün,

...

Edit: I like your site, by the way. Good work.

Every two letters ending with -kan

Erkan, Gokan, Hakan, Zikan... oh wait... that one is Russian...

I want to know about the names which are starts with (oz)

like ozge,ozlem,ozgül ,ozcan,ozan.ozgü,ozberk

what is the meaning of this names?

first of all, oz and öz are different

özge özlem özgül özgü özberk

but ozan (no ö (poet)

öz means genuine or own. basically you can always attach a word to öz and make a name  

özgül (the genuine rose )

öznur (the genuine light)

etc

but not all of them are like that. sometimes it is not a separate word

özge:distinctive

özlem:longing

özberk is not a name (at least I have never heard), but it exists as a family name e.g. Özge Özberk

 thanks

in Serbian - river island

I like name Ömer.
Am I the only here who like this name? Nobody else mentioned.

I don´t say it because it is my name but Meltem is one of the best female names . Thank you my parents.

other than it, I like female names with the ending "em" like Sinem, Didem, Çiğdem...

But to say the truth, it is the person who makes his/her name beautiful.

Hülya

Yavuz, Alper, Zeki (ok one Arabic name also)

Hm...

I know someone who had a baby girl and named her Natasha. Her surname is Kaltak (father is Bosnian). I don´t think it´s a particularly good combination if she ever visits Turkey.

Melis Nur

I like the name "Tolga" for boys (it reminds me of someone special) 

And Elçin or Defne for girls.

 Zeki=intelligent

Alp er = Brave soldier

Yavuz= capable

 Hülya is not Turkish also, i guess it is also arabic,

hülya is plural of hayal= dream,

 its Turkish is düş

İ like Barış name because of its meaning =Peace

İ like also Emre name,meaning Lover. it reminds me Yunus Emre.

i like ilayda for girls because my name is ilayda but i like berk and mert names for boys 

It´s a nice name but what does it mean?

Faruk is a boy name and its meaning is:

The one who is just, who separates truth and false.

My favorite Turkish names for man are Yalın, Serdar and Ayberk. Women´s name are Şebnem, Ayşegül, Sibel and Füsun.

By the way the name Meltem always remainds me one very beautiful girl. She was beauty queen, she won an internationl beauty contest in USSR in 1989. Her name is Meltem Hakarar.

hakan , burrak , Cem , pelin , zeynap 

dünya, remziye, cigdem, kemal, ömer, sadik, kuzay...

"Remziye"s are collectors´ items now...havent seen one in the last 20 years.

awww TOO BAD then

Yusuf 

it is a good important name