75 Beautiful Turkish Girl Names & Their Meanings

Turkish is the official language of Turkey and it has been influenced by Arabic and Farsi. I have selected 75 beautiful Turkish baby girl names with their meanings also included.

List Of 75 Beautiful Turkish Girl Names & Their Meanings:

Ayla

Ayla is related to Aylanur and Aylin and it means “halo of light around the moon.” In Hebrew Ayla is symbolizing “oak tree.” It grew in popularity after the 2017 war film Ayla: The Daughter of War.

Nilay

Nilay is composed of the elements ”nil” (that means the river Nile) and ”ay” (moon).

Elif

Elif has its origins in the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. Elif opens several chapters of the Quran via ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿāt (the disconnected letters) Alif-Lām-Mīm.

Derya

Derya comes from the word “daryā” that means “sea.” It is also used for boys and I actually wrote a piece about Turkish boy names.

Ebrar

”Virtuous.” It’s the Turkish form of Arabic al-Abrar, “the righteous.”

Esra

Esra comes from the Arabic isra (”the night journey”) which is also the 17th chapter of the Quran. It is pronounced as ES-rah.

Simay

Simay is meaning ‘glitter moon’ or ‘silver moon.’

Yağmur

Yağmur is composed of the Old Turkic verb yağ- (“to rain”) and the suffix ”-mur.” It is pronounced “yaa-moor.”

Pınar

Pınar means ‘fountain’ or ‘spring.’ Pınar Et was founded in 1985 and is one of Turkey’s biggest household food brands.

Damla

“Drop” (of water or rain).

Ceren

Ceren has roots in the word ”ceylan” (gazelle or deer).

Lale

Lale is symbolizing ‘tulip’ flowers that are originally from Central Asia. If you didn’t know the first Tulip Fanatics were in the Ottoman Empire. They started cultivating tulips by the 16th century. Ottoman historians call 1718 to 1730 the Lâle Devri, the Tulip Period.

Nazlı

Nazlı (”the one who is delicate and coy”) is from the Persian ”naz” (that means “coy”) and the Turkish “lı” (”to have”).

Ipek

”Silk.” The Silk Road is İpek Yolu in Turkish.

Berrak

It is from the Arabic barrāq that is meaning ”pure.” Actress Berrak Tüzünataç bears this name.

Irmak

”River” or ”creek”.

Sena

Sena means ”glory” or ”praise” in Turkish.

Melis

Melis has origins in the word meli (”bee”).

Duru

Duru (clear or pure) is also found in Persian.

Ela

It (“hazel”) is also spelled Elâ. In Aramaic Ela means “oak.”

Beste

”Melody.”

Gökçe

Gökçe is made of the Turkish elements “gök” (“blue”) and the suffix “çe.”

Işıl

Işıl is symbolizing ”brilliant” or ”shining.”

Naz

“Coquettish.”

Ceylan

Ceylan means “gazelle.”

Eylül

Eylül is meaning the month ‘September.’ It reached Turkish through Arabic and Aramaic from the Babylonian Ulūlu.

Defne

“Laurel leaf.” It’s the Turkish form of Daphne who is the nymph that became the laurel tree to escape Apollo.

Zümra

Zümra means ”emerald.”

Şirin

“Pretty” or ”sweet.”

Bahar

Bahar is from the Middle Persian wahār that means ”spring.”

Ebru

“Paper marbling”.

Selin

Selin (“flowing water”) is the name of biologist Selin Balci.

Nehir

Nehir has roots in the Arabic word “nehr” (river) and Nehi is a diminutive that I like. “For them are gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever.” (Qur’an 9:89).

Azra

”Maiden” or ”untouched.”

Asli

Asli is from the Arabic root word asl and means genuine. It is mentioned in the 16th-century Turkic tale “Kerem ile Aslı” as a nickname for the main character.

Tuana

‘The first raindrop that falls in paradise.’

Reyhan

Reyhan is symbolizing ”the sweet basil plant.”

Sedef

Sedef means ”mother-of-pearl.” Sedef Island is one of the smallest of Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands.

Gonca

Gonca comes from “ghonche” (that means “bud of a rose”).

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Feray

Feray means ‘the Moon’s radiance.’

Cansu

Cansu is made of the words ”can” (spirit or life) and ”su” (that means ”water”).

Meltem

“Sea breeze.” Meteorologists use the word for the dry north wind that crosses the Aegean.

Buse

Buse is the Persian word ‘būse’ that is symbolizing ”a kiss.”

Ezgi

Ezgi means ”melody” or ”tune.”

Nur

Nur comes from Arabic and has a meaning that I love, “radiance.” Surah An-Nur: “Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.”

Hazal

Hazal (gazelle) has origins in the Kurdish (Xezal). Hazal Kaya is one of Turkey’s highest-paid actresses.

Aysima

It is combining ‘Ay’ (moon) and ‘Sima’ (that means ”countenance”). So one meaning of Aysima that I find intriguing is “she who has a face as beautiful as the moon.”

Elmas

”Diamond.”

Bade

Bade has roots in the Persian bâde (”wine”).

Zeynep

Zeynep is the Turkish spelling variation of Arabic Zaynab and is meaning “precious gem” or ”grace.”

Merve

”Smooth stone.”

Zehra

”Radiant” or ”flower.” Az-Zahra was an epithet of Fatima, daughter of Muhammad.

Ecrin

Plural of the Arabic ecir, rewards or recompense.

Öykü

”Story.” The word was manufactured during the 1930s language reform as a native replacement for the Arabic hikaye.

Bilge

Bilge (”wise”) Kağan ruled the Second Turkic Khaganate in the 8th century.

Umay

Umay was the goddess who guarded mothers and newborns. It is symbolizing ”placenta” or “mother goddess.”

Ayşe

Comes from Arabic Aisha, she who lives. Ayşecik is the affectionate form, and it was also the screen persona that made Zeynep Değirmencioğlu the most famous child actor in Turkish cinema.

Hatice

”Premature child.”

Emine

”Trustworthy” or ”safe” and is the feminine form of Emin.

Gül

Gül means ”rose” and has roots in Persian. Isparta province supplies 60% of the world’s rose oil. It seeds many names including Gülay, Gülşen, Gülnur, Nurgül.

Nergis

”Daffodil”. It comes from the Greek narkissos via Persian nargis.

Menekşe

”Violet” and is from the Persian banafşa. Turkish also uses menekşe as a colour word in a similar fashion to English uses violet for the plant and the shade.

Çiçek

”Blossom” or ”flower.” Istanbul’s Çiçek Pasajı opened in 1876 as the Cité de Péra.

Yaprak

”Leaf.”

Suna

Suna is a duck.

Rüya

Rüya has origins in Arabic ru’ya and is meaning ”vision” or ”dream.”

Dilara

Dilara is composed of dil (”heart”) and ara (”adorning”).

Gamze

Gamze means ”dimple” and is pronounced GAHM-zeh.

Türkan

”Turkish lady” or ” queen.” Türkan Şoray has appeared in more than 222 films. She earned the Golden Orange for Best Actress four times.

Filiz

”Bud” or ”sprout.”

Yıldız

It is the star next to the crescent on the Turkish flag. Yıldız Palace above the Bosphorus is the location from where Abdülhamid II led the Ottoman state for most of his reign.

Şule

Şule is a flame and comes from the Arabic shu’la.

Nihal

”Young plant.”

Sıla

Turkish soldiers and migrant workers say sıla izni for home leave.

Cemre

“Spark of warmth” or ”ember.”