Elif (name)
Elif (Turkish pronunciation: [elif]) is a unisex name that is most commonly given to females in Turkey, but is also popular in other countries such as the Netherlands.[1][2] It originates from the Turkish word for the first letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet or the Arabic script ʾalif ا. Like the shape of the letter, it is thus taken to mean 'slender or upright'.[3][1] In context of the Turkish War of Independence (1919–23), the genre of Elifs, related to the Black Fatma, represents "ordinary women helping their men" fighting on the fronts.[4]
List of people
Notable Turkish people (unless otherwise mentioned) with this name include:
- Elif Ağca (born 1984), volleyball player
- Elif Sıla Aydın (born 1996), handball player
- Elif Batuman (born 1977), American author, academic, journalist
- Elif Demirezer (born 1992), German-Turkish pop singer and songwriter
- Elif Deniz (born 1993), footballer
- İlayda Elif Elhih, actress
- Elif Elmas (born 1999), footballer from North Macedonia
- Elif Gülbayrak (born 1988), volleyball player
- Elif Keskin (born 2002), women's footballer
- Elif Kızılkaya (born 1991), curler
- Elif Köroğlu, football referee
- Elif Shafak, Turkish-British writer and activist
- Begünhan Elif Ünsal (born 1993), archer
- Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (born 1986), Turkish wrestler of Russian origin
- Elif Yıldırım (born 1990), middle-distance runner.
See also
- Aleph – First letter of many Semitic abjads
- Alpha (name)
- All pages with titles beginning with Elif
- All pages with titles containing Elif
- Elif (disambiguation)
References
- Nameberry (n.d.). "Elif - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity". Nameberry. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- Campbell, Mike (25 April 2021) [added 1 July 2008]. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Elif". Behind the Name. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- Tureng Translation, ed. (n.d.). "elif". Tureng Turkish English Dictionary. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- Kutluata, Zeynep (September 2006). Gender and War During the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Periods: The Case of Black Fatma(s) (PDF) (MA thesis). Istanbul: Sabancı University. p. 64.
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