Kurdish names
In § 16 of the Turkish
law on National Registration as well as in §§ 5 and 7 in the Ordinance on family names,
people are forbidden to bear their proper Kurdish names.
The citizens of the
Turkish Republic are thus deprived of their right of names.
We offer a selection of
Kurdish names, as a support to parents who still wants to give their children Kurdish
names.
In alphabetical order, we
present a total of 1904 boy’s names and 2141 girl’s names.
Names that can be used by
both boys and girls are marked with a (*).
We refer to the books we
have used to produce this collection of names.
Parents who choose a name
for their child through this section can send us information on which name they chose. If
they so wish they can also send a picture of their child. We want to create a special page
for these children, and also send them a birthday gift!
We will gratefully accept
comments on this section. |
Referensliterature:
*
Fexreddîn, Gulbijêrêkî nawî kurdî, Stockholm, 1990
* Hawar, Navên kurdmancî, Hejmar 31, r. 6-9
* Kartal, H. Kurdische Namen, Osnabrück, 1992
* Karvani, S. Kurdish name dictionary, Jönköping, 1999
* Kaynak, Y. Bi kurdî navên mirovan, İstanbul, 1991
* Rezazi, N. Names and titles in the Kurdish community, Spånga, 1991
* Tigris, A. Navên kurdî, Spånga, [1990] |
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