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Sema f Turkish
Means "sky, heaven" in Turkish.

Semiha f Turkish
Feminine form of Semih.

Semra f Turkish
Turkish form of Samra.

Sena f Turkish
Turkish form of Thana.

Şenay f Turkish
Means "merry moon" in Turkish.

Şengül f Turkish
Possibly from the Persian word شنگول (shangūl) meaning "merry, cheerful".

Şenol m & f Turkish
Means "be happy", from Turkish şen "happy".

Serap f Turkish
Means "mirage" in Turkish (a word of Arabic origin).

Şerife f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Sharif.

Şermin f Turkish
Means "shy" in Turkish.

Serpil f Turkish
Means "grow" in Turkish.

Sevda f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".

Sevgi f Turkish
Means "love" in Turkish.

Sevil f Turkish
Means "loved" in Turkish.

Sevim f Turkish
Means "love" in Turkish.

Sevinç f Turkish
Means "joy" in Turkish.

Şevval f Turkish
From Arabic شوّال (shawwāl), the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.

Şeyma f Turkish
Turkish form of Shaima.

Sibel f Turkish
Possibly a Turkish form of Cybele. It was borne by the main character in Refik Halit Karay's novel İkibin Yılın Sevgilisi (1954).

Sıdıka f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Siddiq.

Sıla f Turkish
Means "reunion, arrival" in Turkish.

Simay f Turkish
Means "silver moon" in Turkish, from sim meaning "silver, glitter" and ay meaning "moon".

Simge f Turkish
Means "symbol" in Turkish.

Sinem f Turkish
Means "my bosom, my breast" in Turkish.

Şirin f Turkish
Turkish form of Shirin.

Solmaz f Turkish, Azerbaijani, Persian
Means "unfading, unwilting" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, a negative form of the Turkic root sol "to fade, to wilt".

Songül f Turkish
From Turkish son meaning "last, final" and gül meaning "rose".

Su 1 f Turkish
Means "water" in Turkish.

Sude f Turkish
Turkish form of Soudeh.

Sudenaz f Turkish (Modern)
Combination of Sude and Naz.

Süheyla f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Suhail.

Şükriye f Turkish
Turkish form of Shukriyya.

Şule f Turkish
Means "flame" in Turkish.

Sultan m & f Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Indonesian
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.

Sümeyye f Turkish
Turkish form of Sumayya.

Suna f Turkish
From the Turkish word for a type of duck, the shelduck (genus Tadorna).

Süreyya f Turkish
Turkish form of Thurayya.

Suzan 2 f Turkish
From Persian سوزان (sūzān) meaning "burning".

Tahire f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Tahir.

Toprak m & f Turkish
Means "soil, land, country" in Turkish.

Tuana f Turkish (Modern)
Meaning unknown, possibly of Persian origin.

Tuba f Arabic, Turkish
From the name of a type of tree that is believed to grow in heaven in Islamic tradition. It means "blessedness" in Arabic.

Tuğba f Turkish
Turkish variant form of Tuba.

Tuğçe f Turkish
Derived from Turkish tuğ meaning "banner, crest", referring to a type of banner made of horse hairs used in the Ottoman Empire, ultimately from Chinese 纛 (dào).

Tülay f Turkish
Means "tulle moon" in Turkish.

Tutku f & m Turkish
Means "passion" in Turkish.

Ülkü f Turkish
Means "ideal" in Turkish.

Ulviye f Turkish
Feminine form of Ulvi.

Umay f Mythology, Turkish
From a Turkic word meaning "womb" or "placenta". This was the name of a Turkic and Mongolian goddess associated with childbirth.

Ümmügülsüm f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Umm Kulthum.

Umut m & f Turkish
Means "hope" in Turkish.

Vahide f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Wahid.

Yağmur f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Yaren f Turkish
Means "close friend", derived from Persian یاران (yārān).

Yasemin f Turkish
Turkish form of Jasmine.

Yeşim f Turkish
Means "jade" in Turkish.

Yeter f Turkish
Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.

Yıldız f Turkish
Means "star" in Turkish.

Yonca f Turkish
Means "clover" in Turkish.

Zahide f Turkish
Turkish feminine form of Zahid.

Zehra f Turkish, Urdu
Turkish and Urdu form of Zahra 1 or Zahra 2.