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Hey my names Rebecca, im 20 and im just over 17 weeks pregnant, i find out the sex in 15 days and im really excited.

Ive been struggling to find a name thats not too common but acceptable in my partners eyes.

I fell in love with the name Eli for a girl but went on to find its 2nd most popular in england.

So far ive got Girls = Carmen, Honey (but the films gone and ruined it), Lila Grace (is it wrong to be named after Kate Moss' daughter?), Levi, Tiegan, Tiara, Alyssa, Elise.

Boys = Teao (pronounced Teo), Llyndon, Kenton, Elliott, Braydon, Levi.

My partners half turkish half english so if anyone has any turkish suggestions that dont sound too foreign as the surnam will be Turkozu that would be great.

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I'll be honest, most of your names just aren't my style.

Eli and Levi are boy's names to me. The rest of the girl's names aren't bad though- just not my taste exactly.

I really like Elliott from your boy's list. I love that name. Kenton is interesting- I've never heard it before (I'm from the US) but it sounds good to me.

yeah kenton its one of those names im just not sure if it sounds right when i say it out loud!

I had a friend named "Kenton" growing up :)

I really like "Lila", but "Grace" is such a filler name in my opinion. I love "Elliot" for a boy.

How about:
Girls
Ayla (it's hebrew, but also turkish, apparently)?

Lila Honey (this is really nice)
Lila Carmen

Boys
Elliot Taner ('Taner' is turkish - I love these names together)

i really love your suggestions thank you

Eli and Levi are VERY masculine Hebrew names for BOYS. I am glad that Eli is #2 in England, and I assume it's for boys.

My best friend is Turkish. These are some names we've duscussed that I like.

Turkish girls' names:
AYLA
AYLIN
AYŞE - Turkish form of 'AISHA, which is an alternative spelling, less ethnic
CEREN
RANA (My Turkish best friend!)
YASEMIN (her mom)

Turkish boys' names:
ADEM
ALI (her dad)
ALTAN
DERIN
DERYA (her brother)
MUSTAFA

Keep us updated!

i like ayla, my partners father and brother are called mustafa, im just not so keen on the others... his sisters called Elif and i really like that, its really pretty not so harsh, but taken! lol

I think Rana is really pretty out of those

If you like Elif, maybe honor his sister by using it as a middle name. It sounds pretty good with Lila. :)

Lila Elif is almost the same name forwards and backwards. :P

Rana has tons of friends in Turkey who's names are all beautiful but I can't remember any of them, except Ozgul or something like that.

I'm in the UK and Ellie was #2 in 2003 & 2004 for girls, spelt 'Ellie'.
It's still pretty common though i hear it a lot.

that are the names I really like !

Girls =
Lila Grace
Tiegan
Alyssa
Elise

Boys =
Elliott
Braydon
Levi

oh and Eli was 2nd most popular for girls, maybe its a brittish thing? cause i really couldnt call a boy Eli, especially if it was spelt ellie... its too unfinnished for a boy i think personally. Levi, i like for both... but it does lean slightly masculine so if it was used femininely a really pretty middle name would be needed.

Oh... so are people in the UK calling girls Ellie spelled as Eli?
Because the male Hebrew name is pronounced lik EEEE-lie
(eee as in "tree", and lie like the word "lie")

Nope, it's most commonly spelt Ellie for a girl here in the UK =)

Oh, wow that's really surprising. I've never seen that spelling before, but I can imagine it being used if someone's name was Elizabeth

Oh whoops I completley misread your message

yeah, I was wondering that too

Eli is E-lie to me and Ellie is like saying the letters L then E (so L-E i guess)

Hrm or maybe the name Ellie is number 2 in the UK, but the OP is considering it to be a variant spelling? That would make more sense.. I'd be surprised if suddenly EVERYONE was spelling Ellie as Eli

Yeah, I don't like Eli (as E-lie) for a girl and I don't like Ellie spelled Eli either

I'm in the UK and I've never head of a boy named Ellie or a girl named Eli! They're pronounced totally differently :)

whew! :)

Yeah, in America, Eli is pronounced E-lie and Ellie is pronounced like the letter L plus the letter E with emphasize on the L part.

It's the same here :)

Hmm... Turkish names. Two of my best friends are Turkish and their names are Perin (pronounced Pe-RIN, with Pez being what she goes by) and Dilara (which I really like).

is your friend perin

_mathlete on LJ? (i don't know if that's her usernmae anymore)

Nope, not her. Is Pez also her nickname? 'Cause that would be cool.

I don't think that's her nn, but I haven't spoken to her in ages. But she was Turkish and her name was Perin... but IIRC (and I could be wrong), her parents just made it up. I didn't know it was a real name, lol.

I like Perin but pronounced Perr-in. would that be classed as bastardising the name in any way if I were to pronounce it like that but keep the same spelling?

Ha, I have no idea! Probably would, but if you're not Turkish then I doubt it would be a problem.

Grace as a middle name is like Marie or Rose.
Either
a) The parents know someone important with these highly common names
b) Picked it because they go with everything.

I really like Teao...I think it is really neat. I think it would age well.

I also like Tiegan for a girl but spelled Tegan, Tiegan looks like tye-gan. However I would advise against Lila Grace...Kate Moss isn't the best role model around.

BERNA!!!!

I love that name. It was the name of a childhood friend of mine who was Turkish.

i have a boy elliott (he's eliot) and we call him eli for short. that's kinda both worlds :)

Carmen - Not my style, but a good name.

Honey - I am 100%, totally against this name. It seriously reminds me of a prostitute. On a good day, maybe a high class exotic dancer.

Lila Grace - I absolutely love this. Both names are gorgeous and Lila is simple without being common. I definitely like this one a lot.

Levi - I've always thought of this as a boy's name, but it's OK.

Tiegan - I like it better spelled Tegan

Tiara - Not a fan

Alyssa - I like it, but I like Lila Grace better.

Elise - OK, but not something I love.

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Teao - For some reason, despite being like "WTF???" at first, I really sort of like this one now.

Llyndon - I had absolutely no idea how to pronounce this at first (still not sure if I'm right), and I think you'd get a lot of people spelling it Lyndon and asking, "you mean like the President?"

Kenton - OK, but the name Ken just sounds kind of...blah to me and Kenton seems like an awfully big name for a kid to go without a nickname.

Elliott - Probably my favorite. I love this name :).

Braydon - Too trendy sounding to me. It definitely has the potential to be the next Aidan and I've heard this name (in diff spellings) on a lot of peoples' lists lately.

Levi - After Elliott, probably my favorite name.

Anyway. My votes are for Lila Grace and Elliott (with Teao as a mn, just because I really like it all the sudden ;))

Elise and Elliot are the only names I can look at on your list without cringing.

I screwed up the last two comments, lol. Let us try this again..

I LOVELOVELOVE the name Skandar (SCAN-der) for a boy. It's the Turkish version of Alexander. I like it because Skandar Keynes is one of my favorite actors. He was in Chronicles of Narnia and is in my icon.

For your girls I like Elise, Lila Grace, and Tiegan. Although I'd spell it Tegan or Teagan. I don't think it's bad to name your child the same name as Kate Moss's unless you live around people who know a lot about Kate Moss.

For your boys' names, I like Kenton. :)

I love Levi for a boy^^
Lila Elise is also great^^

for turkish names; i know a girl named Moona, & i totally love Moona (its pronounced like muh-na). I know a Aisha, which is great but i donno for sure if Aisha is a turkish name. Zeinab is also nice IMO, but again i'm not sure if its turkish :)
turkish boy names; unfortunately i only know 2 turkish boy and both are named Mohammed. (ive nothing against the islam, but i dont like the name). Tho i like Omar (again i donno if its turkish)

Ayşe (ay-SHEH) is the Turkish form of Aisha, Zeynep is the Turkish version of "Zeinab".

I always thought Ömer is the Turkish variation of Omar but it might just be a separate name.

Keep in mind Turkish has pretty much the same alphabet as English except for a couple of different letters. I think you should go with one of the names that doesn't have letters such as ç ğ ı ö ş ü and also c which is pronounced like the English j. The Turkish j is pronounced like the French j. I think you should just avoid them if you want to keep them from being too "foreign sounding". People will have trouble pronouncing them correctly if they don't know about Turkish sounds.

I think some nice Turkish ones for girls are
Aysel
Leyla
Damla
Emine
Filiz
Hande
Lale
Selin
Sinem

For boys:
Efe
Hasan
Yusuf

I don't like many Turkish boys' names ; ))

I think Leyla or Lale (la-leh) would make a nice Turkish substitute for Lila, if you think about it ; )

What about Leila?

Carmen- dont like, but i can see the appeal. What about Carmel/Carmella?
Honey (but the films gone and ruined it)- heh i love Honey to bits, but people on this board don't seem to like it,
Lila Grace (is it wrong to be named after Kate Moss' daughter?)- very pretty but yes.. being named after kate Moss' daughter is a bit weird.
Levi,- not no a girl
Tiegan,- dont like
Tiara- yuck. In the same vein as Jewel, Crystal, Princess, Armani etc What about Aurora.
Alyssa- love
Elise- love even more.

Boys = Teao (pronounced Teo)- hmm dont like, i like Leo.
Llyndon- dont like
Kenton- dont like
Eliott- like (spelt like this)
Braydon- dont like
Levi- like a lot.

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