Turkish Submitted Surnames

Acar Turkish
Means "sturdy, hardy" or "bold, fearless" in Turkish.

Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.

Adalya Turkish

Adem Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian, Uyghur
From the given name Adem.

Ademoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Adem".

Adıgüzel Turkish
From Turkish adı meaning "name" and güzel meaning "beautiful, nice".

Adışen Turkish

Adlar Turkish

Afşar Turkish
Turkish form of Afshar.

Ağa Turkish

Agha Turkish
Means "chief, master, lord" in Turkish. From the Turkish ağa 'chief, master, lord', from the Old Turkish aqa 'elder brother'. Traditionally it was a title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, and was placed after the name of certain military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire... [more]

Ahmet Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Ahmet.

Ajrula Turkish

Ak Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish.

Akan Turkish
Means "flowing, streaming, running" in Turkish.

Akay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and ay meaning "moon".

Akbaş Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and baş meaning "head".

Akbulut Turkish
Means "white cloud" in Turkish.

Akça Turkish
Means "money, coin" or "pale, whitish" in Turkish.

Akçam Turkish
A surname of Turkish origin, ultimate from the words ak meaning "white" and çam meaning "pine tree".

Akçay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and çay meaning "stream, brook".

Akdağ Turkish
Habitational name for someone who lived near any of the various mountains named Akdağ in Turkey, from Turkish ak meaning "white" and dağ meaning "mountain".

Akdemir Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and demir meaning "iron".

Akdoğan Turkish
Means "gyrfalcon" in Turkish.

Akgül Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and gül meaning "rose".

Akgün Turkish
Means "white day" or "white sun" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and gün meaning "sun, day".

Akhan Turkish
A combination of Ak and Han.... [more]

Akın Turkish
Means "raid, rush, influx, inflow" in Turkish.

Akin Turkish, Dutch (?)

Akıncıbay Turkish (Rare)
From Turkish akıncı meaning "akinji, cavalry soldier, raider" and bay meaning "gentleman".

Akkaş Turkish
Means "white brow" from Old Turkic ak "white" and kaş "brow".

Akkaya Turkish
Means "white rock" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and kaya "rock".

Akkuş Turkish
Means "white bird" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and kuş meaning "bird".

Akman Turkish
Means "chaste, pure, clean" in Turkish.

Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".

Aksakal Turkish
Means "elder, senior" in Turkish.

Aksu Turkish
Means "white water" in Turkish.

Aktaş Turkish
Means "white stone" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and taş meaning "stone, rock".

Aktug Turkish
turkey

Akyıldız Turkish
Means "white star" in Turkish.

Akyol Turkish
Means "white path" or "honest path" from Turkish ak meaning "white" (figuratively "honest, clean") and yol meaning "way, path".

Akyüz Turkish
Means "white face" in Turkish, from ak meaning "white" and yüz meaning "face".

Al Turkish

Alabora Turkish

Alaca Turkish
Means "freckle, fleck" or "multi-coloured, piebald" in Turkish.

Albayrak Turkish
Means "red flag" in Turkish.

Aldemir Turkish

Alemdar Turkish
Occupational name for a carrier of flags, banners or ensigns, from Turkish alem meaning "banner, flag".

Algur Turkish

Alıcı Turkish
Means "customer" in Turkish.

Alkan Turkish
From Turkish al meaning "dark red, crimson" and kan meaning "blood".

Alkış Turkish
Means "applause, acclamation" in Turkish.

Alp Turkish
From the given name Alp.

Alptekin Turkish, Uyghur
From Turkish alp meaning "brave, hero" and the Old Turkish title tegin meaning "prince".

Altan Turkish
From the given name Altan 1.

Altın Turkish
Derived from Turkish altın "gold", ultimately via Ottoman Turkish آلتون‎ (altın, altun) "gold", from Proto-Turkic *altun "gold".

Altıntaş Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold" and taş meaning "stone".

Altun Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold".

Ant Turkish

Apaydın Turkish
Means "very bright, well lit" in Turkish.

Apaydin Turkish
Means "very bright".

Arabacı Turkish
Occupational name for a driver, maker or seller of carts and wagons, from Turkish araba meaning "cart, carriage".

Arasli Turkish (Rare)

Arı Turkish
Means "bee" or "clean, pure" in Turkish.

Arica Turkish
Likely refers to a village in the Gercüş district of Batman Province.

Arıcı Turkish
Means "beekeeper" in Turkish.

Arık Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.

Arik Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.

Arıkan Turkish
Means "purebred, pedigree" in Turkish.

Arkın Turkish
Best known as the stage surname of a certain Cüneyt.

Armağan Turkish
Means "gift, present" in Turkish.

Arslan Turkish
Variant of Aslan.

Artuk Turkish

Asaroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Asar".

Aşık Turkish
Means "lover, devotee, suitor" in Turkish.

Atak Turkish
Means "rash, audacious, reckless" in Turkish.

Atalay Turkish

Atatürk Turkish
It means "Father of the Turks" in Turkish. It was given to the first Turkish president, Mustafa Kemal, by the Turkish Parliament in 1934.

Atay Turkish
From the given name Atay.

Ateş Turkish
Means "fever" or "fire, light" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian آتش (atash).

Atıcı Turkish
Means "sharpshooter, marksman" or "braggart, loudmouth" in Turkish.

Atik Turkish
Means "agile, alert" in Turkish.

Atıl Turkish

Atılgan Turkish
Means "brash, bold, venturous" in Turkish.

Atlı Turkish
Means "horseman, equestrian" in Turkish.

Atmaca Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish, referring specifically to the sparrow hawk (genus Accipiter).

Avar Turkish

Ay Turkish
Means "moon" in Turkish.

Ayan Turkish
Means "evident, clear, manifest" in Turkish.

Ayaz Turkish
Derived from the given name Ayaz.

Ayaz Turkish, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ayaz.

Aydemir Turkish
From the given name Aydemir.

Ayden Turkish
Possibly a variant of Aydın.

Aydın Turkish
From the given name Aydın.

Aydınlar Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word “aydın” meaning “enlightened”.

Aydinlisoy Turkish
Means "enlightened family" in Turkish.

Aydoğan Turkish
From the given name Aydoğan.

Aydoğdu Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" and doğdu meaning "born".

Aydyn Turkish (Russified)
Russified form of Aydın.

Aygün Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" and gün meaning "sun".

Ayhan Turkish
Derived from the given name Ayhan.

Aytekin Turkish
From the given name Aytekin.

Bağcı Turkish
Means "vigneron, winemaker" in Turkish.

Bagci Turkish (Rare)
Bagci translated into English means vigneron, a vigneron is a person who cultivates grapes for winemaking. Originated in the 1920s in Turkey after the Balkan wars

Bahadır Turkish
From the given name Bahadır.

Baig Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, Arabic
Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master". It is especially common in Pakistan and the Maghreb.

Bakan Turkish
Means "minister, chancellor" in Turkish.

Bakır Turkish
From the given name Bakır.

Bakırcı Turkish
Means "coppersmith" in Turkish.

Bal Turkish
Means "honey" in Turkish, originally denoting a person who worked as a beekeeper.

Balaban Turkish
Means "large, robust, burly" in Turkish.

Balcı Turkish
Means "beekeeper" in Turkish, ultimately from bal meaning "honey".

Balta Turkish
Means "axe, hatchet" in Turkish.

Baltacı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of axes, derived from Turkish balta meaning "axe, hatchet".

Baran Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Azerbaijani
From the given name Baran.

Baş Turkish
Means "head, top" or "leader" in Turkish.

Başak Turkish
Means "ear of grain, spike" in Turkish.

Başar Turkish
From the given name Başar.

Başaran Turkish
Means "accomplisher, achiever" in Turkish.

Başer Turkish

Baskir Turkish (Rare), South American (Rare)
Used by Jewish families that were running away from anti-semites. It's meaning is 'printer' or 'pressures are...'

Basmaci Turkish
Derived from Turkish basma meaning "printed textile".

Başoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the leader" from Turkish baş meaning "leader, head".

Batman Turkish

Batmaz Turkish
Means "unsinkable, buoyant" or "cheerful, carefree" in Turkish.

Batur Turkish
Means "hero" in Turkish.

Bayındır Turkish
Means "prosperous, rich, developed" in Turkish.

Bayır Turkish
Means "slope, incline, hill" in Turkish.

Bayrak Turkish
Means "flag" in Turkish.

Bayraktar Turkish, Crimean Tatar
Means "flag-bearer" in Turkish.

Bayram Turkish
From the given name Bayram.

Bedir Turkish
Means "full moon" in Turkish.

Begüm Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and Uyghur variant of Begum.

Beki Turkish

Bektaş Turkish
From the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" combined with Turkish taş meaning "stone, rock".

Belözoğlu Turkish, Lezgin
Turkish form of Belozerov.

Bera Turkish, Arabic
Means "knowledgeable, smart, beautiful".

Bey Indian (Muslim), Assamese, Turkish, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master".

Beyaz Turkish
Means "white, fair" in Turkish.

Beyoğlu Turkish
Means son of a bey. “Bey” (Ottoman Turkish: بك‎ “Beik”, Albanian: bej, Bosnian: beg, Arabic: بيه‎ “Beyeh”, Persian: بیگ‎ “Beyg” or بگ “Beg”) is a Turkish title for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders or rulers of various sized areas in the Ottoman Empire... [more]

Bıçakçı Turkish
Means "cutler, knifesmith" in Turkish.

Biçer Turkish
Means "harvests, reaps" in Turkish.

Bilal Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
From the given name Bilal

Bilen Turkish
Means "knowing, cognizant" in Turkish.

Bilge Turkish
Means "wise" in Turkish.

Bilgiç Turkish
Means "pedant, pragmatist" in Turkish.

Bilgin Turkish
Means "scholar, learned, pundit" in Turkish.

Bilici Turkish
Means "visionary", "seer", "omniscient", "aware", "knowing" and derivated from "bil-" root which means "to know".

Bilir Turkish
Means "understanding, knowledgeable" in Turkish.

Bitim Turkish

Bıyık Turkish
Means "moustache" in Turkish.

Bodur Turkish
Means "short, squat" in Turkish.

Boğa Turkish
Means "bull" in Turkish.

Bora Turkish
From the given name Bora 1.

Boran Turkish
From the given name Boran

Boşnak Turkish
Means "Bosniak" in Turkish. One of the only major ethnic groups that adopted Islam during the Ottoman Empire. A huge diaspora of Bosniaks live in Turkey and many Turks have Bosniak heritage.

Bostan Turkish, Persian, Arabic
Derived from Persian بوستان (bostan) meaning "garden". Perhaps someone who works or lives near a garden or an orchard.

Bostancı Turkish
Means "vegetable gardener" in Turkish.

Boyacı Turkish
Means "painter" in Turkish.

Boz Turkish
Means "grey" in Turkish.

Bozan Turkish
Means "witherer, expunger, spoiler" in Turkish.

Bozkurt Turkish
Means "grey wolf" from Turkish boz meaning "grey" and kurt meaning "wolf".

Bubikoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Bubik".

Budak Turkish
Means "branch, shoot, knot" in Turkish.

Bülbül Turkish
Means "nightingale" in Turkish.

Bulut Turkish
Means "cloud" in Turkish.

Burak Turkish
From the given name Burak.

Bustan Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Jewish
From Aramaic bustān meaning "garden". Perhaps someone who works or lives near a garden or an orchard.

But Turkish
Means "leg" in Turkish. Possibly a nickname for someone who limps.

Büyük Turkish
Means "big, large, grand" in Turkish.

Çabuk Turkish
Means "quick, fast, swift" in Turkish.

Caferoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Cafer".

Çağlar Turkish
From the given name Çağlar.

Çağlayan Turkish
Means "waterfall, cascade" in Turkish.

Çakal Turkish
Means "jackal" (figuratively "sly, sneaky, wily") in Turkish.

Çakar Turkish

Çakar Turkish
Means "beacon" or "dragnet" in Turkish.

Çakır Turkish
Means "greyish blue (eyes)" in Turkish.

Çakmak Turkish
Means "lighter" in Turkish, referring to a tool used to ignite fire. This is also the name of a village in Antalya Province, Turkey.

Çalhanoğlu Turkish
Patronymic meaning "son of Çalhan".

Çalık Turkish
Means "crooked, awry" in Turkish.

Çalışır Turkish
Means "on, running, working" in Turkish.

Çalışkan Turkish
Means "hard-working, diligent, assiduous" in Turkish.

Çam Turkish
Means "pine tree" in Turkish.

Can Turkish
Means "soul, life, being" in Turkish, ultimately of Persian origin.

Canak Turkish
From the Turkish town of Çanakkale. Canak is the Anglicised form, which may or may not retain its Turkish pronunciation.

Candan Turkish
Means "sincere, wholehearted" in Turkish.

Candemir Turkish
Means "iron soul" from Turkish can meaning "soul, spirit" and demir meaning "iron".

Çatal Turkish
Means "fork, prong, yoke" in Turkish.

Çavdar Turkish
Means "rye" in Turkish.

Çavdar Turkish
Means "rye" in Turkish.

Çavuşoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the sergeant" or "son of the messenger", from Turkish çavuş meaning "sergeant, messenger, herald, pursuivant" combined with the patronymic suffix -oğlu.

Çay Turkish
Means "river, brook, creek" in Turkish.

Çayır Turkish
Means "meadow, pasture" in Turkish.

Çaylak Turkish
Means "kite (the bird)" or "inexperienced" in Turkish.

Cebrail Turkish, Kurdish, Uyghur
From the given name Cebrail.

Çeçen Turkish, Chechen (Expatriate)
Means "Chechen" in Turkish, used by those of Chechen descent living in Turkey.

Çehre Turkish
Means "face" in Turkish, possibly denoting a person with a notable face, from Persian چهره (čehre) "face, visage".

Çekiç Turkish
Means "hammer" in Turkish.

Çelebi Turkish
From a title meaning "gentleman" in Turkish.

Çelen Turkish
Means "eaves" in Turkish.

Cengiz Turkish
From the given name Cengiz.

Çerkez Turkish
Means "Circassian" or "Adyghe" in Turkish, referring to an ethnic group native to the Caucasus.

Cesur Turkish
Means "bold, brave, courageous" in Turkish.

Çetin Turkish
Means "hard, tough" in Turkish.

Çetinkaya Turkish
Means "hard rock" from Turkish çetin meaning "hard, tough" combined with kaya meaning "rock".

Çevik Turkish
Means "nimble, agile, quick" in Turkish.

Ceylan Turkish
Turkish surname meaning "gazelle" from Persian carān جران.

Cezan Turkish

Çiçek Turkish
Means "flower, blossom" in Turkish.

Çiftçi Turkish
Means "farmer" in Turkish.

Cihangiroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Cihangir".

Çil Turkish
Means "freckle, spot, fleck" in Turkish.

Çiller Turkish
Means "freckles" in Turkish, referring to a person with freckles on their face. A notable bearer was Turkey's first female prime minister, Tansu Çiller (1946-).

Çimen Turkish
Means "grass, lawn, turf" in Turkish.

Cin Turkish
Means "jinn" in Turkish, also figuratively meaning "smart, intelligent".

Çınar Turkish
Means "plane tree" in Turkish (genus Platanus), derived from Persian چنار (chenar).

Cingöz Turkish
Means "wily, sly, cunning" in Turkish.

Civelek Turkish
Means "lively, cheerful" in Turkish.

Çoban Turkish
Means "shepherd" in Turkish.

Çolak Turkish
Means "one-armed, crippled" in Turkish.

Cömert Turkish
Means "generous" in Turkish.

Çopur Turkish
Means "pockmarked" in Turkish.

Copur Turkish

Coşkun Turkish
From the given name Coşkun.

Coşkuner Turkish
Derived from the given name Coşkun.

Çulha Turkish
Means "weaver" in Turkish.

Dağ Turkish
Means "mountain" in Turkish.

Dağlı Turkish
Means "mountaineer, highlander" in Turkish.

Dağlı Turkish
Means "mountaineer, highlander" in Turkish.

Dağlıoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the mountaineer" from Turkish dağlı meaning "mountaineer, highlander".

Dal Turkish
Means "branch" in Turkish.

Dalgıç Turkish

Dalgıç Turkish
Means "diver" in Turkish.

Damar Turkish
Means "vein, vessel" in Turkish.

Danyal Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Danyal.

Davutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Davut".

Dede Turkish

Dede Turkish
Means "grandfather" in Turkish.

Değer Turkish
Means "value, worth" in Turkish.

Demiral Turkish
Means "iron hands" in Turkish.

Demirbaş Turkish
Means "fixture, stock" in Turkish.

Demircan Turkish
From Turkish demir meaning "iron" and can meaning "soul".

Demirel Turkish
Means "iron hand" from Turkish demir meaning "iron" and el meaning "hand".

Demiroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Demir" in Turkish.

Demirtaş Turkish
Means "iron rock" from Turkish demir meaning "iron" and taş meaning "rock, stone".

Deniz Turkish
Means "sea" in Turkish.

Dere Turkish
Means "creek, brook, stream" in Turkish.

Derin Turkish
Means "deep, profound" in Turkish.

Deveci Turkish
Means "cameleer, camel herder" in Turkish.

Dikici Turkish
Means "tailor, sewer, stitcher" in Turkish.

Dilek Turkish
Means "wish, desire" in Turkish.

Dinç Turkish
Means "energetic, vigorous, active" in Turkish.

Dinçer Turkish
From Turkish dinç meaning "vigorous, energetic, active" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Doğan Turkish
Means "hawk, falcon" in Turkish.

Doğru Turkish
Means "true, right, correct" in Turkish.

Doğu Turkish
Means "east" in Turkish.

Dolic Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish
Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian (Delić): patronymic from Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian delija, an occupational name for a cavalryman of the Ottoman Turkish army and also a nickname for a hero, from Turkish deli ‘mad, brave’.

Döner Turkish
Means "rotating, turning" in Turkish.

Dönmez Turkish
Means "steadfast, steady, firm" in Turkish.

Dülger Turkish
Means "carpenter" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian درگر (dorgar).

Duman Turkish
Means "smoke, haze, fog" in Turkish.

Durak Turkish
Means "stop, halt" in Turkish.

Durdu Turkish
Means "stopped" in Turkish.

Durgun Turkish
Means "still, calm, stagnant" in Turkish.

Durmaz Turkish
Derived from Turkish durmak meaning "to stop" or "to remain, to persist".

Durmuş Turkish
Means "run-down, aged" in Turkish.

Dursun Turkish
Means "stop" or "alive" in Turkish.

Duru Turkish
Duru means 'clean, limpid' in Turkish.

Duru Turkish
Means "clear, pure, limpid" in Turkish.

Düzgün Turkish
Means "smooth, orderly, correct" in Turkish.

Efe Turkish
Means "older brother, brave" in Turkish.

Efetürk Turkish
Means "brother of the Turks", derived from Turkish efe meaning "older brother, brave".

Eker Turkish
Means "planter, sower" in Turkish.

Ekici Turkish
Means "planter, farmer" in Turkish.

Ekin Turkish
From the given name Ekin.

Ekinci Turkish
Means "farmer" in Turkish.

Ekşi Turkish
Means "sour, tart" in Turkish.

Eksi Turkish
Ekºi means "sour" in Turkish.

Elçi Turkish
Means "ambassador, delegate, envoy" in Turkish.

Elmas Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish (see Elmas).

Emir Turkish
From the given name Emir.

Emirbayer Turkish, Crimean Tatar

Emiroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Emir" in Turkish.

Emre Turkish
Derived from the given name Emre.

Emreoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Emre" in Turkish.

Enöz Turkish (Rare)

Er Turkish
Means "man, hero, brave" in Turkish.

Eraydın Turkish

Erbakan Turkish
From Turkish er meaning "man, hero, brave" and bakan meaning "minister". A famous bearer of this name was Necmettin Erbakan (1926-2011), a Prime Minister of Turkey.

Ercan Turkish
From the given name Ercan.

Ercanoğlu Turkish (Rare)
Means "son of Ercan".

Erdem Turkish
From the given name Erdem 1.

Erdoğan Turkish
From the given name Erdoğan.

Eren Turkish
From the given name Eren.

Ergen Turkish
Means "adolescent" in Turkish.

Ergin Turkish
Means "mature, adult" in Turkish.

Ergün Turkish
From the given name Ergün.

Erin Turkish

Erkan Turkish
From Turkish er "brave man" and kan "blood".