Elif (name)
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Elif ({{IPA|tr|elif}}) is a name that is most commonly given to females in Turkey, but is also popular in other countries such as the Netherlands. In Greece it is associated with the name Nefeli.{{Cite web |last=Nameberry |date=n.d. |title=Elif - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity |url=https://nameberry.com/babyname/elif/girl |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=Nameberry |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mike |date=25 April 2021 |orig-date=added 1 July 2008 |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Elif |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/elif |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=Behind the Name |language=en}} It originates from the Arabic word for the first letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. Like the shape of the letter, it is thus taken to mean 'slender or upright'.{{Cite dictionary |title=elif |dictionary=Tureng Turkish English Dictionary |url=https://tureng.com/en/turkish-english/elif |access-date=13 May 2022 |date=n.d. |editor-last=Tureng Translation}}
Given name
Notable Turkish people (unless otherwise mentioned) with this name include:
- Begünhan Elif Ünsal (born 1993), Turkish archer
- Elif Ağca Yarar (born 1984),Turkish retired volleyball player
- Ayliva (real name Elif Akar, born 1998), German singer and musician
- Elif Altınkaynak (born 1974), Turkish archer
- Elif Sıla Aydın (born 1996),Turkish handball player
- Elif Batuman (born 1977), American author, academic, journalist
- Elif Bayram (born 2001), Turkish basketball player
- Elif Berra Gökkır (born 2007), Turkish archer
- Elif Beyza Aşık (born 1994), Turkish sports shooter
- Elif Celep (born 1994), Turkish gymnast
- Elif Ceren Çolak (born 2005), Turkish trampoline gymnast
- Elif Çomoğlu Ülgen (born 1971), Turkish diplomat
- Elif Demirezer (born 1992), German-Turkish pop singer and songwriter
- Elif Deniz (born 1993), Turkish footballer
- Elif Doğan (born 1994), Turkish actress
- Elif Doğan Türkmen (born 1962), Turkish politician
- Elif Ekşi (born 1967), Turkish archer
- İlayda Elif Elhih, Turkish actress
- Elif Elmas (born 1999), Macedonian footballer from North Macedonia
- Elif Gülbayrak (born 1988), Turkish volleyball player
- Elif Güneri (born 1987), Turkish boxer
- Elif Keskin (born 2002), Turkish women's footballer
- Elif Kızılkaya (born 1991), Turkish curler
- Elif Köroğlu, Turkish football referee
- Elif Naci (1898–1987), Turkish journalist, painter, writer and curator
- Elif Nur Turhan (born 1995), Turkish boxer
- Elif Shafak (born 1971), Turkish-British writer and activist
- Elif Şahin (born 2001), Turkish volleyball player
- Elif Sözen-Kohl (born 1969), Turkish banker
- Elif Uysal, Turkish electrical engineer
- Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (born 1986), Turkish wrestler of Russian origin
- Elif Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish middle-distance runner
Middle name
- Eylem Elif Maviş (born 1973), Turkish mountaineer
See also
- {{Annotated link|Aleph}}
- Alpha (name)
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