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[decembewedding.livejournal.com]

what do you think of the name...'Zeynep' for a girl?
Should it be a nick-name?

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[trissyd.livejournal.com]

seriously?

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

Zeynep?...

I've got to go ahead and vote no...

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

YES
It's legit and I love it. It's a Turkish name. There are Arabic versions too spelled Zeinab, Zainab, etc.

It's a great name but people won't get it unless they know it's a widely-used name (variant spellings of it) around the world.

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

oh but as for being a nickname...what?

[satunian.livejournal.com]

my neighbor's name is Zaina but it was supposed to be Zainab.
Zaina/Zayna might be a nicer sounding alternative but you could also try Zane/Zain maybe

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i was about to say it reminds me of the arabic name zeinab, which i've never liked. zaina/zeena is a sweeter alternative.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

When I first saw it, I thought 'syrup'.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

are you or your husband turkish? i think it's way too far out there, especially considering your family's names are jeremy, pamela, and nathan.

[decembewedding.livejournal.com]

sorry if our names are normal...:(

[solyma.livejournal.com]

don't apologize for your names! it just would make the name zeynep out of place and stand out...

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty, but would probably be too out-there with Nathan, Jeremy and Pamela.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

i JUST saw this on a list of kids' names at my daughter's daycare. her daycare is pretty much run by Turkish women, so i imagine that is the name of one of their kids. i stopped when i saw that name because i'd never seen it before. i thought it was a boys' name though.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I know this isn't very culturally sensitive, I'm sure it's a lovely name to many people. But to me it just sounds like a strange alien creature in a sci-fi novel.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

*giggle* a lot of very cultural names sound like this to me. as ours may well sound to someone from their culture. i would have a hard time using names from non-latin-based languages on my (very white) children.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a Zeinab - I think that's how she spelled it - and went by Zeze.

I don't like it, though. Same reason krosp said. *sheepish*

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

Zeynep? It sounds like the alter-ego of a Trekkie.

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

not to sound stupid but how do you pronounce that? I like the way the spelling looks and if I'm pronouncing it right I really like it a lot.