Spelling of Deniz (Turkish) help!! We are in the hospital and are having trouble deciding how to spell our sons name. We like Deniz (sea in Turkish) and are trying to decide how to spell it. Dennis or Denniz??

We want to name our son Deniz Akif, im Turkish American and my wife is Turkish. We live in America, I growing up in the states had significant issue with the pronunciation of my name as it was full on Türkish and kind of difficult to pronounce. With my son now I am hyper aware of this issue and it’s been eating at me for months. My wife really wants the name Deniz, sea in Turkish. Akif means devoted in Turkish. Bit of an older name but its family name we’d like to keep.

We realize that spelling it Deniz will give room for people to pronounce it De-neez and make it more feminine. We wanted to see if Denniz or Dennis made more sense as it will sound the closest to Deniz in Turkish. Wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions on this and how it would look if as he grows up.

Really appreciate your feedback everyone!

Sincerely two tired and exhausted parents 🫶