Girl
Ceylan
Ceylan is a Turkish girls’ name drawn from the gazelle, with gentle associations of beauty and grace.
Meaning
Ceylan means gazelle in Turkish, though some name sources give the broader description of deer or gazelle. As a given name, it evokes the animal’s beauty and grace.
Origin
The name comes from the Turkish word ceylan. It belongs to the tradition of using nature words as girls’ names in Turkey.
In recent years
Ceylan was among the most chosen names for a time, appearing in fourteen earlier top-hundred lists and reaching a best rank of thirty-ninth. It does not appear in the latest official top-hundred list.
How does it look on a plaque?
On a Meşgalem birth keepsake, Ceylan pairs naturally with a small gazelle illustration beside the baby’s name.
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