FemaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Gökçe: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Gökçe is a girl’s name of Turkish origin. It means “sky-blue; heavenly, beautiful”.

Say it: gurk-cheh

About the name Gökçe

Meaning: sky-blue; heavenly, beautiful
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; From gök “sky”.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: gurk-cheh

How to pronounce Gökçe

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinggurk-cheh 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.

Gökç e

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ö
ö is a rounded “e”
Say “eh” and round your lips: the vowel of German “schön”. Our respelling writes it “ur” as in British “fur”, without the r.
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ç
ç sounds like “ch”
ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
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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.

Gökçe with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Gökçe'ye, Gökçe'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 Gökçe is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Gökçe'de, Gökçe'yi.

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

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

Gökçe is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “sky-blue; heavenly, beautiful”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. From gök “sky”.

How do you pronounce Gökçe?

Say it roughly as “gurk-cheh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Say “eh” and round your lips: the vowel of German “schön”. Our respelling writes it “ur” as in British “fur”, without the r.

How do you add suffixes to Gökçe in Turkish?

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