About kurdish names
Circumflex vowels give results like "Jîyan Temer" and "Bêrîcan Kamîran" their distinctly Kurmanji look, while "Befraw Semedar" shows the language's taste for nature words. These suit fiction set in the Zagros or Taurus ranges, diaspora family stories, or any cast whose names must cross Turkish, Iraqi, and Iranian borders. Carry the diacritics through to your final text if the format allows.
How kurdish names are built
Kurdish names use two banks: a 1,067-entry shared pool and a 944-entry female pool. A male result combines two draws from the shared pool, while a female result takes a female given name plus one shared-pool element. Sample output includes Awar Başin and Badil Semedar for men and Hêja Pîrmûs and Jîyan Temer for women.
Awar Başin
Awar + Başin
two draws from the shared pool
Hêja Pîrmûs
Hêja + Pîrmûs
female given name plus a shared-pool element
Jîyan Temer
Jîyan + Temer
female given name plus a shared-pool element
Naming notes
The male template pulls both elements from the same 1,067-entry pool, so the second element is a second draw from that bank rather than a separate surname bank. The female template fixes the first element to the 944-entry female bank and the second to the shared pool. Forms keep the circumflexed vowels ê, î and û (Hêja, Pîrmûs, Jîyan) as stored.
Questions about kurdish names
- Why does the male result draw both parts from one bank?
- The male pattern draws both elements from the same 1,067-entry shared pool; the second is a second draw from that bank rather than a separate surname pool.
- How does the female pattern differ?
- The female pattern fixes the first element to the 944-entry female bank and draws the second from the shared pool.
- Why do the vowels carry circumflexes?
- Forms such as Hêja, Pîrmûs and Jîyan are stored with ê, î and û, so those slots keep the circumflexed vowels rather than dropping them.