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15-550: Sabahat is a feminine Turkish given name of Arabic origin meaning beauty, grace and handsomeness. Notable people with the name include: Turkish given name At least one name, often two but very rarely more, are given to a person at birth. Newly given names are allowed up to three words. Most names are gender-specific: Oğuz is strictly for males, Tuğçe only for females. But many Turkish names are unisex . Many modern given names (such as Deniz , "sea"; or Ülkü, "ideal") are given to newborns of either sex. Among

30-549: Is not gender-specific and has no gender-dependent modifications. The soyadı is neither patronymic nor matronymic . Surnames in Turkey are patrilineal : they pass in the male line from father to his legal children without any change in form. Turkey has abolished all notions of nobility; thus, there is no noble form or type of surname. Since 2014, women in Turkey are allowed to keep their birth names alone for their whole life instead of using their husbands' names. Before this date,

45-496: The "family name", which is his or her father's surname. A child takes their mother's surname if the mother is not married, or if the father is unknown. Turkish citizens may change their surnames according to Turkish Civil Law and Turkish Law on Population Services via court decision of "civil court of first instance". Akay (name) [REDACTED] Look up akay in Wiktionary,

60-693: The Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet of 1928, in force as decreed by article 174 of the Constitution of Turkey , prescribes that only letters in the Turkish alphabet may be used on birth certificates. As the Turkish alphabet has no Q, W, X, or other symbols, names including those cannot be officially given unless they are transliterated into Turkish. Ideological concerns of

75-569: The Turkish Code of Civil Law Article 187 required a married woman to compulsorily obtain her husband's surname after the marriage; or otherwise, to use her birth name in front of her husband's name by giving a written application to the marriage officer or the civil registry office. In 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that prohibiting married women from retaining only maiden names is a violation of their rights. After divorce,

90-408: The baby's identity document at the birth registration office of the district's governorship. Turkish names are often words with specific meanings in the Turkish language . Most Turkish names can easily be differentiated from others, except those of other Turkic nations, particularly Azerbaijan (see Azerbaijani name ), especially if they are of pure Turkic origin such as Ersen . The Law on

105-488: The common examples of the many unisex names in Turkey include Aytaç , Deniz , Derya , Evren , Evrim , Özgür , and Yücel . Unlike English unisex names, most Turkish unisex names have been traditionally used for both genders. However, some unisex names are used more for one gender (Derya is used more for girls, whereas Aytaç is used more for boys). Names are given to babies by their parents and then registered in "The Central Civil Registration System" (MERNIS) while preparing

120-467: The families can also affect naming behaviour. Some religious families give first or second names of Arabic origin, which can be names of important figures in the religion of Islam such as Muhammed and Ali . The Arabic-origin names may also be adjectives such as Münci and Mebrure . Some of these names have evolved in time, differentiating from the Arabic original, as in the case of Mehmet (although

135-638: The free dictionary. Akay is a Turkish-origin surname and a masculine given name. In Turkish it refers to full moon or the fourteenth of the month. Notable people with the name include: Surname [ edit ] Ezel Akay (born 1961), Turkish film director Mert Akay (born 2000), Turkish basketball player Miray Akay (born 2000), Ukrainian-Turkish actress Sezgi Sena Akay (born 1994), Turkish actress Şenay Akay (born 1980), Turkish actress and model Given name [ edit ] Akay , Swedish graffiti artist [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

150-509: The introduction of the Surname Law in 1934, as part of Atatürk's Reforms , ethnic Turks who were Turkish citizens had no surnames. The law required all citizens of Turkey to adopt an official surname. Before that, male Turks often used their father's name followed by -oğlu ("son of"), or a nickname of the family, before their given name (e.g. Mustafa-oğlu Mehmet, Köselerin Hasan) before

165-450: The modern era. The Turks who descended from a ruling house used -zade ("descendant in the male line"), e.g. Sami Paşazade Mehmet Bey ("Mehmet Bey , descendant/son of Sami Pasha "). The surname ( soyad , literally "lineage name" or "family name") is an ancestry-based name following a person's given names, used for addressing people or the family. The surname ( soyadı ) is a single word according to Turkish law such as Akay or Özdemir. It

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180-475: The original name [Muhammed] also began to be used after the switch to the Latin alphabet distinguished the two spellings). Another change is for linguistic reasons such as in the case of Vahdettin (from Vahideddin), Sadettin (from Sa'adeddin), or Nurettin (from Nureddin). Some Turkish people with a middle name are commonly referred to with just one of these names, while others are referred to with both. For example,

195-795: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. References [ edit ] ^ "Keşfedilmemiş İsimler: Duyulmamış, Nadir Bulunan Yeni Erkek Kız Bebek İsimleri" . Milliyet (in Turkish). 2 January 2024 . Retrieved 20 March 2024 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akay_(name)&oldid=1214667328 " Categories : Given names Surnames Turkish-language surnames Masculine given names Hidden categories: CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr) Use dmy dates from March 2024 Articles with short description Short description

210-411: The woman returns to her pre-marriage surname. The court may grant a woman the right to keep her ex-husband's surname after divorcing; the court's decision must consider both the man's and the woman's situations. A woman may have only two surnames due to marriage. Thus, a woman who continues to use a double surname after divorcing, cannot take a third surname by marrying again. The child of a family takes

225-424: The writer Ferit Orhan Pamuk is commonly known simply as Orhan Pamuk , but another writer, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar , is known with both given names. Many Turkish people with more than one given name, like Orhan Pamuk, are often known and called by the name preceding their surname, as opposed to Western naming conventions. Some of the given names from earlier periods are still in use such as Öner and Rasih . Until

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