Deniz
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Deniz is a Turkish
given name
meaning "sea". It is used for both females and males.
Originally, Deniz was a masculine name. In a Turkish legend, the oldest Turkish ruler (Khan
) Oğuz
had six sons. They were Ay-Han (moon Khan), Gök-Han (sky Khan), Deniz-Han (sea Khan), Yıldız-Han (star Khan), Gün-Han (sun Khan) and Dağ-Han (mountain Khan).
Today, Deniz is a unisex name.
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
given name
Turkish name
A Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...
meaning "sea". It is used for both females and males.
Originally, Deniz was a masculine name. In a Turkish legend, the oldest Turkish ruler (Khan
Khan (title)
Khan is an originally Altaic and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turko-Mongol tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289...
) Oğuz
Oghuz Khan
Oghuz Khan was a legendary and semi-mythological Khan of Turks. Some Turkic cultures use this legend to describe their ethnic origins and the origin of the system of political clans used by Turkmen, Ottoman, and other Oghuz Turks...
had six sons. They were Ay-Han (moon Khan), Gök-Han (sky Khan), Deniz-Han (sea Khan), Yıldız-Han (star Khan), Gün-Han (sun Khan) and Dağ-Han (mountain Khan).
Today, Deniz is a unisex name.
People
- Deniz AkkayaDeniz Akkaya-Biography:Akkaya was born on 3 August 1977 in İstanbul, Turkey and moved to Mersin and then to Ankara with her family. She studied American philology at Istanbul University. In 1997 she won the Best Model of the World contest and decided to embark on a professional modelling career. She is also an...
, TurkishTurkish peopleTurkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
fashion model - Deniz AkkoyunDeniz AkkoyunDeniz Akkoyun is a Dutch model and actress who was elected Miss Nederland 2008. Akkoyun was born and raised in Amersfoort to Turkish parents.- Filmography :- External links :*...
, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
fashion model - Deniz BarışDeniz BarisDeniz Barış is a footballer. He currently plays for the Turkish Premier Super League club Antalyaspor in the Defensive midfielder position. He is 1.84 meters tall and weighs 79 kilograms....
, Turkish footballer - Deniz BaykalDeniz BaykalDeniz Baykal is a Turkish politician. He was a long-time leader of the Republican People's Party .-Biography:...
, Turkish politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Deniz BaykaraDeniz BaykaraDeniz Baykara is a Turkish professional footballer. Baykara is a very gifted play-maker and surprises goaltenders with his deceptive shot. He is naturally left footed and can play as a midfielder. Currently without a team....
, Turkish footballer - Deniz DoğanDeniz DoganDeniz Doğan is a German football player of Turkish descent. He has played a variety of positions for Eintracht Braunschweig with number 8.He is the twin brother of SV Meppen defender Hüseyin Doğan.-External links:...
, German footballer - Deniz GezmişDeniz GezmisDeniz Gezmiş was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and political activist in the Turkey in the late 1960s...
, Turkish political activist - Deniz HakyemezDeniz HakyemezDeniz Hakyemez is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 188 cm and plays as an outside hitter.Hakyemez plays for Galatasaray Medical Park. She signed 1 year contract with the team on July 2009.-External links:*...
, Turkish volleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player - Deniz KadahDeniz KadahDeniz Kadah is a Turkish footballer, who is currently playing for VfB Lübeck.-External links:*...
, Turkish footballer - Deniz KandiyotiDeniz KandiyotiDeniz Kandiyoti is an author and an academic of research in the fields of gender relations and developmental politics in the Middle East, specifically Turkey. She holds a PhD from London School of Economics....
, Turkish feminist academic - Deniz KılıçlıDeniz KılıçlıDeniz Kılıçlı is a Turkish basketball player. He is a sophomore forward at West Virginia University.-High school career:...
, Turkish basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
er - Deniz MujićDeniz MujićDeniz Mujić is an Austrian footballer of Bosnian descent who plays for Bayern Munich II.-External links:...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n footballer - Deniz NakiDeniz NakiDeniz Naki is a German footballer who plays for FC St. Pauli, as a striker.-Club career:Naki began his football career at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but could never make it past its reserves....
, German footballer - Deniz ÖzlemDeniz ÖzlemDeniz Özlem or Denislav Stoyanov is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for FC Sportist Svoge as a goalkeeper.-Career:...
, Turkish footballer - Deniz SekiDeniz SekiDeniz Seki is a Turkish singer. Her family is rooted from Antalya. They moved to Istanbul from Antalya.She joined TRT and met Melih Kibar. Through him she worked with Emel and Kenan Doğulu. Deniz's album Hiç kimse Değilim came out in 1997...
, Turkish singer - Deniz TekDeniz TekDeniz Tek is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian group Radio Birdman who broke up, for the last time, after their last European tour in 2007...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rock musicianRock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music... - Deniz YilmazDeniz YilmazDeniz Yilmaz is a naturalized Turkish footballer who plays for FSV Mainz 05 and Turkey U21....
, German footballer