Elif (name)

Elif is a name that is most commonly given to females in Turkey, but is also popular in other countries such as the Netherlands. In Greece it is associated with the name Nefeli. It originates from the Turkish word for the first letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. Like the shape of the letter, it is thus taken to mean 'slender or upright'.

Given name
Notable Turkish people (unless otherwise mentioned) with this name include:
 * Begünhan Elif Ünsal (born 1993), Turkish archer
 * Elif Ağca Yarar (born 1984),Turkish retired volleyball player
 * Elif Sıla Aydın (born 1996),Turkish handball player
 * Elif Batuman (born 1977), American author, academic, journalist
 * Elif Bayram (born 2001), Turkish basketball player
 * Elif Beyza Aşık (born 1994), Turkish sports shooter
 * Elif Demirezer (born 1992), German-Turkish pop singer and songwriter
 * Elif Deniz (born 1993),Turkish footballer
 * İlayda Elif Elhih, Turkish actress
 * Elif Elmas (born 1999), Macedonian footballer from North Macedonia
 * Elif Gülbayrak (born 1988), Turkish volleyball player
 * Elif Keskin (born 2002), Turkish women's footballer
 * Elif Kızılkaya (born 1991), curler
 * Elif Köroğlu, Turkish football referee
 * Elif Shafak (born 1971), Turkish-British writer and activist
 * Elif Şahin (born 2001), Turkish volleyball player
 * Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (born 1986), Turkish wrestler of Russian origin
 * Elif Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish middle-distance runner.