Girl
Nefes
Nefes is a short, understated girls’ name meaning breath, drawn from a familiar word in Turkish.
Meaning
Nefes means breath: the air drawn into and released from the lungs. As a given name, it is generally understood in this same everyday sense.
Origin
The word entered Turkish from Arabic nafas, meaning breath. In Turkish, it is used both as an everyday word and as a girls’ name.
In recent years
Nefes was among the most chosen names for a time, appearing in two earlier top-one-hundred lists and reaching a peak position of thirty-seven. It does not appear in the latest official top-one-hundred list.
Letters5
Syllables2
InitialsN
Rank—on 2 lists in the past
How does it look on a plaque?
On a Meşgalem wooden name plaque, Nefes pairs neatly with rounded lettering and a small leaf motif.
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