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دِنِيز
Deniz
deh-NEEZ
“Sea.”
About Deniz
Deniz is a Muslim baby child's name meaning "sea" — a Turkish name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish for the sea. Used as a unisex name.
Common Turkish unisex name.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish
Gender
Either
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Deniz's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Deniz
- What does the name Deniz mean?
- Deniz (دِنِيز) means "Sea". Turkish for the sea. Used as a unisex name.
- Is Deniz a name from the Qur'an?
- Deniz does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Deniz a boy or a girl name?
- Deniz is a unisex name — it's given to both boys and girls across the Muslim world.
- Where does the name Deniz come from?
- Deniz is a Turkish name, built on the root letters —. Common Turkish unisex name.
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