What do your first and last names mean? My first name Halit means eternity and my last name Demir means iron. I don't know much about the personal names in other cultures. In Turkish, as with my last name, we use many personal names as common nouns (rarely as adjectives), or the other way around.
In this post you'll find a list of the most common of these personal names.
You may already know people with these names personally, or you may see them often on TV or in books. Since they're somehow part of your everyday life, these lists can help you learn them as common nouns.
As always, ladies first:
Gül rose
Çiçek flower
Çiğdem crocus
Lale /la:le/ tulip
Nergis daffodil
Nilüfer water lily
Yaprak leaf
Yasemin /ya:semin/ jasmine
Demet bunch (flowers/roses etc)
Buket bouquet (arrangement of flowers)
Nehir river
Irmak river
Su water
Derin deep
Toprak (unisex) soil
Pınar spring (water)
Yağmur rain
Damla drop
Deniz (unisex) sea
Derya /derya:/ sea
Ada island
Doğa (unisex) nature
İnci pearl
Yıldız star
Hilâl crescent
Güneş (unisex) sun
Sema /sema:/ sky
Bahar spring (season)
Eylül September
Nisan /ni:san/ April
Duygu emotion
Sevgi love
Sevinç joy
Neşe joy
Mutlu happy
Hayat life
Simge symbol
Işık (unisex) light (n)
Rüya /rüya:/ dream
Melek angel
Dilek wish
Emel aim
Gaye aim
Ümit (unisex) hope
Arzu desire
Gizem mystery
Özlem longing
Öykü story
İpek silk
Ela /el:a/ hazel (colour)
Hediye gift
Kiraz cherry
Şirin cute
Uğur (unisex) luck
I’ll prepare the list of male names in another post.
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