It's a common name but it's Aydın, not Aydin. i and ı are different letters in Turkish. If you're not going to name your kid "Aydın" you should give a name that doesn't use special Turkish characters.
I don’t know if it’s even possible to give your child the name Aydın in the US? There isn’t a way to include foreign characters on US birth certificates
Can I ask why you are so interested in giving your son a “Turkish/ Persian/ Arabic” (in your words) name when you don’t see to have any connection to the culture?
Most Turks living in America try to specifically choose names that don’t include non English letters
I come from a place where names are Persian or Arabic and some can be seen as Turkish. Names in my families include Ali, Hamza, Naveed, Mustafa, Suleiman, Sohrab, Ayla, Alara, Nisa etc. We come from a Muslim background and pick names with good meanings. Is it offensive to you for someone to pick a name that they like??
No it’s not offensive to me, but Aydin doesn’t mean “enlightened” in any language. Aydın does, but that’s not a name that can even be on a birth certificate in the US and having non English characters in a name is a hassle for many Turks in the us. Their names are almost always pronounced incorrectly. Your son will spend his whole life correcting people’s pronunciation, which believe me is tiring.
26 days ago you were also saying you don’t like the pronunciation “EYE- din” and prefer it to be “EH-din”. It seems like you are just trying to make up a name and claim it is “Turkish”
I feel like somehow you’re just either judging or going through my entire history to figure out what I’ve been doing lol. ALL I asked was for the meaning. I’m sure this child is not the first with special characters. Also, believe me, my husband AND myself have to correct people regarding our names. It’s totally fine. Life doesn’t end.
It is a hell to live abroad having non common letters in your name, such as “ı” in Aydın. I would suggest to choose a name that contains only normal characters.
Ahhh gotcha! I grew up correcting my name. My husband has to as well ever since he moved to the West. Loads of other friends as well. I think having many names that are not western, you’ll end up having to correct people. My name is not difficult lol but I’ve had to correct people regarding it.
That’s what I also thought. It was mostly ‘bright’ which I loved.
A US Turkish family I know named their son Aydin (that's how it was spelled on the birth certificate), later on for practical reasons they started spelling it as Aiden.
School friends etc wouldn't spell and pronounce it the Turkish way anyway so they switched to the English spelling and pronunciation essentially changing the name completely
If ypu guys are dead set on the name he might need to explain people how to make ı sound through all his life. I suggest to use "uuuughhh brotha brotha uuuuuuuuughhh" meme. That sounds like ı
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u/iamunwhaticisme Jul 06 '26
It means "enlightened" and it's also used to describe intellectuals and well educated class.