FemaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Ece: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Ece is a girl’s name of Turkish origin. It means “queen; great lady”.

Say it: eh-jeh

About the name Ece

Meaning: queen; great lady
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; An Old Turkic title for a senior woman.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: eh-jeh

How to pronounce Ece

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingeh-jeh is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

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Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

c
c sounds like “j”
Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.
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e
Final e is pronounced
A final e is never silent in Turkish: it is a short “eh”, so the name has one more syllable than an English reader might expect.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Ece with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Ece'ye, Ece'nin), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of Ece is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Ece'de, Ece'yi.

Because Ece ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Ece'yi, Ece'ye and Ece'yle, and n in the genitive Ece'nin.

Case forms of Ece
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Ece'yi	Ece'yi tanıyor musun? Do you know Ece?
Dative (to)	Ece'ye	Ece'ye bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Ece.
Locative (at / with)	Ece'de	Anahtarlar Ece'de. Ece has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Ece.)
Ablative (from)	Ece'den	Ece'den bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Ece.
Genitive (’s)	Ece'nin	Bu Ece'nin çantası. This is Ece’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Ece'yle	Dün Ece'yle konuştum. I talked with Ece yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ece mean?

Ece is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “queen; great lady”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. An Old Turkic title for a senior woman.

How do you pronounce Ece?

Say it roughly as “eh-jeh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.

How do you add suffixes to Ece in Turkish?

Because Ece is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Ece'ye (to Ece), Ece'nin (Ece’s), Ece'de (at Ece’s) and Ece'yle (with Ece).