I read on another message board that
Deniz was a popular baby name among Turkish-German couples - probably its similarity to
Denise and
Dennis makes it particularly attractive.
Bela and
Mirko are actually used by
German parents.
Bela probably owns its popularity (if rank 170 is "popular") to
German rock singer
Bela B. Felsenheimer.
Mirko is, I assume, an alternative to
Marco, which has been around for a while (It's on rank 95 in that list).
I've never heard of any Turkish parents using these names.
*****This message was edited 2/1/2007, 8:20 AM