Songül is a Turkish given name for females. "Son+gül" literally means "last rose". It is usually given to the last child in a family which expects no more children.[1][2] In 2014 the general directorate of civil registration and citizenship affairs of Turkey reported that Songül was among 50 most popular female names.[3] In 2021 the newspaper Hürriyet wrote that about 180,000 bear the name.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Songül Dikmen (born 1981), Turkish volleyball player
- Fatma Songül Gültekin (born 1997), Turkish hockey player and former footballer
- Songül Karlı Turkish folk music artist and television presenter
- Songül Lök (born 2002), Turkish archer
- Songül Öden (born 1979), Turkish stage and television actress
- Songül Yakut (1976-2017), the first female commander in the Turkish Armed Forces
References
edit- ^ a b "Songül". hürriyet.
- ^ Uslucan, Haci-Halil, Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen in (türkischen) Migrantenfamilien Archived 2024-06-29 at the Wayback Machine In: Handbuch Migration und Familie : Grundlagen für die soziale Arbeit mit Familien / Fischer, Veronika; Springer, Monika (Hrsg.). - Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau-Verl., 2011 - (Reihe Politik und Bildung ; 59), S. 250 - 260
- ^ Самые популярные мужские и женские имена в Турции