İlkay is a common unisex Turkish

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. "İlkay" is composed of two words: "İlk" and "Ay". In Turkish, "İlk" means "first", and/or "prime", whereas "ay" means "moon". Thus, İlkay means " First moon".

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İlkay Dikmen İlkay Dikmen (born February 2, 1981) is a Turkish swimmer competing in the breaststroke events. The tall sportswoman at is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul. Biography She was born to Atilla and İlknur Dikmen in İzmir. She has ...

(born 1981), Turkish female Olympian swimmer *

İlkay Durmuş İlkay Durmuş (born 1 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or full-back for I liga club Polonia Warsaw. Born in Germany, he represented his country of birth and Turkey as a youth international. Club career Durmuş joi ...

(born 1994), Turkish male footballer *

İlkay Gündoğan İlkay Gündoğan (; born 24 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester City. A youth academy graduate of VfL Bochum, Gündoğan joined 1. FC Nürnberg in 2009. In 2011, he signed for Borus ...

(born 1990), German male footballer of Turkish descent *

İlkay Özdemir İlkay Özdemir (born 1981) is a Turkish stage magician. Early years In 2001, during her study of Economics at the university, she jobbed for psychiatrist Dr. Selim Başarır. Her employer, an experienced amateur magician, inspired her in stage ...

(born 1981), Turkish female performer of stage magic *

Ilkay Silk Ilkay Silk (born in 1948 in Nicosia, British Cyprus) is a Cypriot-born British and Canadian award-winning actress, playwright, producer, administrator, and educator. Between 1978 and 2014 she was the Director of Drama for St. Thomas University ( ...

(born 1948), Cypriot-born British and Canadian theatre artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilkay Turkish unisex given names