Elif Defne name meaning

What does Elif Defne mean?

• Name

  Elif

  Name of the Arabic alphabet's first letter

• Name

  Defne

  Bay laurel, an aromatic evergreen tree

Elif is Arabic in origin, and Defne is Greek. The repeated f and e sounds link the two two-syllable names.

How popular is Elif Defne?

Official figures: TÜİK newborn name lists (2018–2025, the top 30 for Türkiye and each of the 81 provinces every year) and the most common names in the population.

Province lists

3provinces

Source: TurkStat (TÜİK), Address-Based Population Registration System. The lists cover the top 30 names per year, sex and province; no official counts are published for less common names. All statistics →

Related double names

• Elif Nur 1,467
• Elif Sare 961
• Elif Ada 958
• Elif Zümra 876
• Elif Su 728
• Elif Naz 519
• Elif İkra 272
• Elif Nisa 179
• Elif Sena 170
• Elif Asel 164
• Elif Hüma 108
• Elif Asya 100
• Elif Duru 88
• Elif Mina 85
• Elif Ece 75
• Elif Erva 73