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[Saint Jimmy]

Very interesting indeed!

And, Insan, are TC names meaningful words? Generally, I mean...

%99.9 of the Turkish names have a meaning.

Some of them can be found @ http://www.turkishculture.org/lifestyle ... 20SHE.html

Thanks

[garbitsch]

What about you Insan? Is Insan your real name?

Insan means "human" in Turkish and it's not a name!

[garbitsch]

Both Mete and Erol are names in Turkish.

[insan]

What about you Insan? Is Insan your real name?

Insan means "human" in Turkish and it's not a name!

Though according to the website I've given the link, states that insan is used as a name. I've never heard though.

[michalis5354]

I have also seen the word "Insan" appearing in some of the Turkish translations at cybc . So I was once again confused on this. Most possibly it was refering to the word human and not personally to you Insan!

[insan]

I have also seen the word "Insan" appearing in some of the Turkish translations at cybc . So I was once again confused on this. Most possibly it was refering to the word human and not personally to you Insan!

If the first letter of the word was a capital "i" then you can be sure of that it was refering to a person named Insan. Otherwise it refers any human being.

[insan]

So what about the GC names? Teophoric, Hellenocentric, heroic etc..?

[sk]

personally i consider the greek names to be divided in 3 groups :1) ancient greek( leonidas,pericles,alexander,nafsika,andromahi etc) ,2)christian names (giorgos,andreas ,maria etc) 3)modern foreign names (sandra,liza,vicky etc),in this group most people will tell u that there is somewhere i similar greek name from where they got their name but i dont believe them,they are foreign names and i dont understand why they dont admitt it

[michalis5354]

So what about the GC names? Teophoric, Hellenocentric, heroic etc..?

Do you mean all these originated from ancient Greece like Socratis , Aristotelis ,Leonidas Praksitelis etc ? I think also these are quite rare to be used nowdays and most people prefer the most modern names like Andreas , Giorgos ,Michalis , Marios etc. There are also few cases that the names have a foreign influence but I cant say that this is found often!

[sk]

actually ancient greek names are used more often now than ever. this is bc the church(in greece and cyprus) accept now to christen someone with an ancient greek name,this was not allowed some years ago. from the people that i know about 30-35 % have an ancient greek name(it includes my mother and my aunt hehehe)