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إِرَم
İrem
ee-REM
“Iram (the legendary garden).”
About İrem
İrem is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "iram (the legendary garden)" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish form, from Arabic 'Iram' — a legendary city/garden mentioned in the Qur'an (Surah 89). Used as a modern Turkish feminine name evoking paradisiacal beauty.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Irem
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; İrem's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about İrem
- What does the name İrem mean?
- İrem (إِرَم) means "Iram (the legendary garden)". Turkish form, from Arabic 'Iram' — a legendary city/garden mentioned in the Qur'an (Surah 89). Used as a modern Turkish feminine name evoking paradisiacal beauty.
- Is İrem a name from the Qur'an?
- İrem does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is İrem a boy or a girl name?
- İrem is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name İrem come from?
- İrem is a Turkish-Arabic name, built on the root letters —.
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