Turkish Baby Names - Discover Meanings and Get Ideas For Naming Your Baby

Turkish baby names often have very distinct meanings. Giving your child a Turkish baby name makes a lot of sense if you are from Turkey, but other countries have adopted Turkish names as well. Now it's common to find Turkish names regularly bestowed upon children born in other Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, Spain, Portugal or Greece.

The most common Turkish baby names all have elaborate meanings behind them. A unisex Turkish name is Deniz, drawn from the older ruler mentioned in Turkish legend. One of the sons was named Deniz-Han, a name meaning "sea". It is often considered the root of the name Dennis for a boy, and Denise for a girl.

The lovely name of Ayla means "circle of light around the sun" or "halo". It is also translated from the Hebrew to mean "moonlight". The name Dilara comes from a combination of two words: The Persian word dil, meaning "of the heart" and the Turkish word dilek, which means "desire". The proper meaning of the name is "she who desires the heart" or "her desires of the heart".

The name Eda is a bit more complicated. It means "good behavior or manner". However, when expanded to Edila, it can also mean a woman who is a bit "arrogant toward men" and has many "twists and turns". Eda harkens back to the name of a goddess of Nordic mythology, a woman who was the guardian of both time and worldly goods.