İffet
From Arabic عِفَّةْ (ʕiffat, “decency”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
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İhsan
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احسان (İhsân), from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān), from أَحْسَنَ (ʔaḥsana, “to do or act well, to do or act right”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
İlham
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الهام (“inspiration”), from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām). From ilham (“inspiration”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
İshak
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اسحاق (İshâk), from Arabic إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק (yiṣḥāq).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
İskender
From Ottoman Turkish اسكندر (iskender), from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
İslam
From Ottoman Turkish اسلام, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām). Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
İsmet
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عصمت (İsmet), from Arabic عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Jale
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ژاله (žâle), Classical Persian ژاله (žāla).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Kâzım
From Ottoman Turkish كاظم (ḱazım), from Arabic كَاظِم (kāẓim). Notable as the name of Musa al-Kadhim.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends M
Kemal
From Ottoman Turkish كمال, from Arabic كَمَال (kamāl, “perfection, maturity”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Kübra
From Arabic كُبْرَى (kubrā), feminine of أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “greater, greatest”), from كَبِير (kabīr, “great, powerful”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Leyla
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ليلى (Leylâ), from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lokman
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لقمان (Lokmân), from Arabic لُقْمَان (luqmān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Lorin
From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mecnun
From Ottoman Turkish مجنون (mecnūn), borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn, “mad, crazy”, literally “possessed by a jinn”). Originally the nickname of an Arab poet as recounted…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mehmed
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mehmet
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad, Mahomet, and Baphomet. From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed), from Arabic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Melih
From Ottoman Turkish ملیح (melih), from Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ, “beautiful, graceful, elegant”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Melis
Borrowed from Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Melisa
Borrowed from Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mert
From mert (“male human”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Meryem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مریم (meryem), from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Hebrew מרים (miryām).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Mikâil
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish میكائیل (mikail), from Arabic مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Müge
From müge (“lily of the valley”), from French muguet (“lily of the valley”), diminutive form of Old French mugue or muguete (“musk”) (compare English nutmeg), from muscade,…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Muhammed
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محمد (Muhammed), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Muhammet
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محمد, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Muhsin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محسن (muhsin), from Arabic مُحْسِن (muḥsin), from أَحْسَنَ (ʔaḥsana, “to do or act well, to do or act right”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mukaddes
From mukaddes (“holy”), from Arabic مقدّس (muqaddas, “holy, sacred”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Musa
Transliteration of Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), Persian موسی (Musâ), and Turkish Musa; ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. Doublet of Moses. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موسی (mûsâ,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mustafa
From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”). Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مصطفی (mustafa), from Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”). From Arabic مُصْطَفَى…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Naci
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ناجی (Nâcî), from Arabic نَاجِي (nājī).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Nazenin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نَازَنِین (Nâzenîn), in turn borrowed from Classical Persian نَازَنِین (nāzanīn).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Necati
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نجاتی (Necâti), from Arabic نَجَاتِيّ (najātiyy, “attained salvation”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Nergis
From nergis.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Nesrin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نسرین (Nesrin), from Classical Persian نسرین (nasrīn).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Nevale
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic نَوالَة (nawāla).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Nihal
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نهال (nihāl, “a sapling, offshoot”), from Persian نهال (nehâl, nahâl).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Nisa
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نساء (Nisâ), from Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ, “women”). Borrowed from Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ, “women”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nuriye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نوریه, from Arabic نُورِيَّة (nūriyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Rafet
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رأفت, from Arabic رَأْفَة (raʔfa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Rahmi
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحمی (Rahmî), from Arabic رَحْمِيّ (raḥmiyy).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Ramazan
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رمضان (ramazân), from Persian رمضان (ramazân), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ravza
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish روضه (ravza), from Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa, “garden, meadow”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Recep
Borrowed from Turkish Recep. From Ottoman Turkish رجب (recep), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends P
Rüstem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رستم (rüstem), borrowed from Classical Persian رُسْتَم (rustam), from Middle Persian lwtsthm (/rōdstahm/), from lwd (/rōd/, “river”) + stʾhmb…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Sabit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ثابت (Sâbit), from Arabic ثَابِت (ṯābit).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Şebnem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شبنم (Şebnem), from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Selahattin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صلاحالدین, borrowed from Arabic صلاح الدين (“righteousness of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Şems
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمس, borrowed from Arabic شَمْس (šams), from Proto-Semitic *śamš-.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Şemsettin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمس الدین (şems ed-din), from Arabic شَمْس الدِّين (šams ad-dīn, “sun of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Sena
From sena (“praise”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Serap
From Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends P
Serdar
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سردار (serdâr), from Classical Persian سردار (sardār). By surface analysis, ser + -dar.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Şeyda
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شیدا, from Classical Persian شَیْدَا (šaydā, “enamored”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Şule
From şule (“flame”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Süleyman
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلیمان (Süleymân), from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), from Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Tayyip
Borrowed from Turkish Tayyip. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طیب (Tayyip), from Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib, “good”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends P
Tuana
From Classical Persian تُوَانَا (tuwānā, “powerful”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Türkiye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تركیه (türkiye), from earlier Ottoman Turkish تركیا (türkiya), from Latin Turcia, ultimately from Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”).…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Ulviye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic عُلْوِيَّة (ʕulwiyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E