Turkish Submitted Surnames

Turkish names are used in the country of Turkey, which is situated in western Asia and southeastern Europe. Turkey is part of the larger Muslim world. See also about Turkish names.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Acar Turkish
Means "sturdy, hardy" or "bold, fearless" in Turkish.
Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.
Adem Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian, Uyghur
From the given name Adem.
Afşar Turkish
Turkish form of Afshar.
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.
Ak Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish.
Akbulut Turkish
Means "white cloud" 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".
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]
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".
Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".
Aksu Turkish
Means "white water" in Turkish.
Aktaş Turkish
Means "white stone" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
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".
Albayrak Turkish
Means "red flag" in Turkish.
Alıcı Turkish
Means "customer" in Turkish.
Alkan Turkish
From Turkish al meaning "dark red, crimson" and kan meaning "blood".
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".
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".
Arıcı Turkish
Means "beekeeper" in Turkish.
Arık Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.
Arik Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.
Arkın Turkish
Best known as the stage surname of a certain Cüneyt.
Arslan Turkish
Variant of Aslan.
Asaroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Asar".
Aşık Turkish
Means "lover, devotee, suitor" in Turkish.
Atak Turkish
Means "rash, audacious, reckless" in 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.
Atıcı Turkish
Means "sharpshooter, marksman" or "braggart, loudmouth" in Turkish.
Atik Turkish
Means "agile, alert" in Turkish.
Atlı Turkish
Means "horseman, equestrian" in Turkish.
Atmaca Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish, referring specifically to the sparrow hawk (genus Accipiter).
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.
Aydinlisoy Turkish
Means "enlightened family" in Turkish.
Aydoğan Turkish
From the given name Aydoğan.
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.
Bakır Turkish
From the given name Bakır.
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.
Başak Turkish
Means "ear of grain, spike" in Turkish.
Başar Turkish
From the given name Başar.
Başaran Turkish
Means "accomplisher, achiever" in 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...'
Başoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the leader" from Turkish baş meaning "leader, head".
Bayındır Turkish
Means "prosperous, rich, developed" in Turkish.
Bayır Turkish
Means "slope, incline, hill" in Turkish.
Bayrak Turkish
Means "flag" in Turkish.
Bayraktar Turkish
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.
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]
Bilal Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
From the given name Bilal
Bilen Turkish
Means "knowing, cognizant" 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.
Bodur Turkish
Means "short, squat" 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.
Bostancı Turkish
Means "vegetable gardener" in Turkish.
Boz Turkish
Means "grey" 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
Büyük Turkish
Means "big, large, grand" in Turkish.
Çabuk Turkish
Means "quick, fast, swift" in Turkish.
Çağlayan Turkish
Means "waterfall, cascade" in Turkish.
Çakal Turkish
Means "jackal" (figuratively "sly, sneaky, wily") in 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.
Çalık Turkish
Means "crooked, awry" 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".
Çavdar Turkish
Means "rye" in Turkish.
Çavdar Turkish
Means "rye" in Turkish.
Çay Turkish
Means "river, brook, creek" in Turkish.
Çayır Turkish
Means "meadow, pasture" 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.
Çelebi Turkish
From a title meaning "gentleman" 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.
Çiçek Turkish
Means "flower, blossom" in Turkish.
Çiftçi Turkish
Means "farmer" in Turkish.
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).
Civelek Turkish
Means "lively, cheerful" in Turkish.
Çoban Turkish
Means "shepherd" in Turkish.
Çolak Turkish
Means "one-armed, crippled" in Turkish.
Coşkun Turkish
From the given name Coşkun.
Dağ Turkish
Means "mountain" in Turkish.
Dağlı Turkish
Means "mountaineer, highlander" in Turkish.
Dağlı Turkish
Means "mountaineer, highlander" in Turkish.
Dal Turkish
Means "branch" in Turkish.
Dalgıç Turkish
Means "diver" in Turkish.
Danyal Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Danyal.
Davutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Davut".
Dede Turkish
Means "grandfather" in Turkish.
Demiral Turkish
Means "iron hands" in Turkish.
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.
Deveci Turkish
Means "cameleer, camel herder" in Turkish.
Dilek Turkish
Means "wish, desire" in Turkish.
Dinç Turkish
Means "energetic, vigorous, active" in Turkish.
Doğan Turkish
Means "hawk, falcon" in Turkish.
Doğru Turkish
Means "true, right, correct" in Turkish.
Dönmez Turkish
Means "steadfast, steady, firm" in Turkish.
Duman Turkish
Means "smoke, haze, fog" in Turkish.
Durak Turkish
Means "stop, halt" 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.
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.
Elmas Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish (see Elmas).
Emir Turkish
From the given name Emir.
Emiroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Emir" in Turkish.
Emre Turkish
Derived from the given name Emre.
Emreoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Emre" in Turkish.
Ercan Turkish
From the given name Ercan.
Erdem Turkish
From the given name Erdem.
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.
Erkan Turkish
From Turkish er "brave man" and kan "blood".
Ermiş Turkish
Means "saint, holy person" in Turkish.
Eroğlu Turkish
Means "son of the warrior" in Turkish.
Erol Turkish
From the given name Erol.
Ersoy Turkish
From Turkish er meaning "man, male, soldier" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent".
Ertuğrul Turkish
From the given name Ertuğrul.
Ertürk Turkish
From Turkish er meaning "man, brave" and türk meaning "Turk".
Esen Turkish
From the given name Esen.
Esenyel Turkish
Potentially from the given name Esen, from esinti, "breeze; that which blows'.
Eser Turkish
From the given name Eser.
Eyigün Turkish
The name means "good day". "Eyi" from Turkish "iyi" meaning "good". "Gün" meaning "day" in Turkish.
Eyüboğlu Turkish
Means ''son of Eyüp''.
Eyüp Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Eyüp.
Filiz Turkish
Means "sprout, bud, shoot" in Turkish.
Gedik Turkish
Means "breach, gap, notch" in Turkish.
Geyik Turkish
Means "deer, stag" in Turkish.
Gezer Turkish
Means "itinerant, traveller" in Turkish.
Giray Turkish
From a form of the Mongolian title khan meaning "king, ruler". This was the name of the dynasty that ruled Crimea from 1427 to 1783.
Girgin Turkish
Means "sociable, outgoing, enterprising" in Turkish.
Gökçe Turkish
Means "celestial, heavenly, sky" in Turkish.
Gönül Turkish
Means "heart, soul" in Turkish.
Güçlü Turkish
Means "powerful, strong" in Turkish.
Gül Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Means "rose" in Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and Uyghur, ultimately from Persian.
Güleç Turkish
Means "smiling" in Turkish.
Güler Turkish
Means "laughing, smiling" in Turkish.
Güleryüz Turkish
Means "smiling face" in Turkish.
Güllü Turkish
Means "(made) with roses" in Turkish.
Gultekin Turkish
It comes from "Kül Tigin" (? - 575 AD) who was a general of the Second Turkic Kaganate (Göktürks' khaganate). He was a second son of Ilterish Shad and the younger brother of Bilge Kagan.
Gündoğan Turkish
Means "born on the day".
Gündüz Turkish
Means "daytime, day" in Turkish.
Güneş Turkish
Means "sun" or "sunny" in Turkish.
Güney Turkish
Means "south, southern" in Turkish.
Gürbüz Turkish
Means "robust, healthy" in Turkish.
Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.
Güven Turkish
Means "trust, confidence" in Turkish, perhaps designating a trustworthy person or one who trusts in others readily.
Güvenç Turkish
From the given name Güvenç.
Güzel Turkish
Meaning "beutiful" or "pretty" in Turkish.
Hayat Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Turkish
From the given name Hayat.
Haydar Turkish
From the given name Haydar.
Haydaroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Haydar".
Hazar Turkish
Turkish / Muslim last name meaning "nightingale".
Horoz Turkish
Means "rooster" in Turkish.
İbrahim Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İbrahim.
İlbey Turkish
Ruler of the Country or Ruler of the City
İlhan Turkish
From the given name İlhan
İlyas Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İlyas.
İman Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İman.
İnal Turkish
Means "trusted, believed" in Turkish.
İnan Turkish
Means "faith, belief" in Turkish.
İnce Turkish
Means "thin, slim" in Turkish.
Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.
İşbaşaran Turkish
From Turkish iş "work" and başaran "one who is successful".
Işık Turkish
Means "light" in Turkish.
İşler Turkish
Means "works, doings, affairs" in Turkish.
İsmail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İsmail.
Jül Turkish
From the given name Jül, a form of Julius.
Kaan Turkish
From the given name Kaan.
Kaba Turkish
Means "rough, rude, coarse" in Turkish.
Kahraman Turkish
Means "hero" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian قهرمان (qahraman).
Kahveci Turkish
Means "coffee producer" in Turkish.
Kahveci Turkish
Occupational name for a coffee seller or producer, derived from Turkish kahve meaning "coffee".
Kahya Turkish
Means "butler, steward, housekeeper" in Turkish.
Kalaycı Turkish
Means "tinsmith" in Turkish.
Kalkan Turkish
Means "shield" in Turkish.
Kanat Turkish
Occupational name for a seller of poultry from Turkish kanat meaning "(bird) wing".
Kaplan Jewish, Turkish
Means "tiger" in Turkish. This common Jewish surname has a spelling variation: Caplan. For an unknown reason, Jewish immigrants who passed through the port at Baltimore had their names changed to Caplan, while the Jewish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island retained the original K spelling.
Kaplan Turkish, Yiddish, German
In turkish it's a common surname meaning "tiger".... [more]
Kar Turkish
Means "snow" in Turkish.