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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Gedik Turkish
Means "breach, gap, notch" in Turkish.
Genç Turkish
Means "young, youth" in Turkish.
Gencer Turkish
Means "entertainment, fair" in Turkish.
Geyik Turkish
Means "deer, stag" in Turkish.
Gezer Turkish
Means "itinerant, traveller" in Turkish.
Gezgin Turkish
Means "traveller, explorer" in Turkish.
Gezici Turkish
Means "itinerant, traveler" 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.
Gök Turkish
Means "sky, blue" in Turkish.
Gökçe Turkish
Means "celestial, heavenly, sky" in Turkish.
Göktaş Turkish
From Turkish gök meaning "sky" and taş meaning "stone".
Göl Turkish
Means "lake" in Turkish.
Gönen Turkish
Means "moist" in Turkish.
Gönül Turkish
Means "heart, soul" in Turkish.
Gören Turkish
Means "seer, one who sees" in Turkish.
Güç Turkish
Means "power, strength, force" 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.
Gültekin Turkish
From Turkish gül meaning "rose" combined with the title tekin meaning "prince".
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.
Gümüş Turkish
Means "silver" in Turkish.
Gün Turkish
Means "sun, day" in Turkish.
Gündoğan Turkish
Means "born on the day".
Gündoğdu Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and doğdu meaning "born".
Gündüz Turkish
Means "daytime, day" in Turkish.
Güner Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Güneş Turkish
Means "sun" or "sunny" in Turkish.
Güney Turkish
Means "south, southern" in Turkish.
Gür Turkish
Means "bushy, strong" or "thunder" in Turkish.
Gürbüz Turkish
Means "robust, healthy" in Turkish.
Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.
Gürsoy Turkish
From Turkish gür meaning "bushy, strong" or "thunder" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent, family".
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.
İbiş Turkish
Means "fool, idiot" in Turkish.
İbrahim Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İbrahim.
İlbey Turkish
Ruler of the Country or Ruler of the City
İleri Turkish
Means "advanced, forward, ahead" in Turkish.
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.
İnanç 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.
Kaçan Turkish
Means "runaway, fugitive, escaper" 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.
Kalay Turkish
Means "tin (the metal)" in Turkish.
Kalaycı Turkish
Means "tinsmith" in Turkish.
Kale Turkish
Means "castle, fortress" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic قلعة (qal'ah).
Kalender Turkish
Means "bohemian, easygoing, carefree" in Turkish.
Kalkan Turkish
Means "shield" in Turkish.
Kalyoncu Turkish
Means "sailor" in Turkish.
Kanat Turkish
Occupational name for a seller of poultry from Turkish kanat meaning "(bird) wing".
Kandemir Turkish
From Turkish kan meaning "blood" and demir meaning "iron".
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.
Kara Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish.
Karabulut Turkish
Means "black cloud" in Turkish.
Karaca Turkish
Means "roe deer" in Turkish.
Karaçam Turkish
Means larch.
Karadağ Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and dağ meaning "mountain".
Karadeniz Turkish
Means "black sea" in Turkish.
Karadere Turkish
Means "black creek" in Turkish.
Karaduman Turkish
Means "black smoke" in Turkish.
Karagöz Turkish
Means "black eye" in Turkish.
Karakaş Turkish
Means "black eyebrow" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kaş meaning "eyebrow".
Karakaya Turkish
Means "black rock" in Turkish.
Karakoç Turkish
Means "black ram" in Turkish.
Karakuş Turkish
Means "black bird" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kuş meaning "bird".
Karanci Turkish
Means "merchant","someone who deals with transport"
Karanfil Turkish
Means "carnation" or "clove" in Turkish.
Karasu Turkish
Means "black water" derived from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" combined with su "water".
Karataş Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
Karayusuf Turkish
Yusuf is a name for men and Karayusuf means Dark Yusuf.
Kasap Turkish
Means "butcher" in Turkish.
Kaşıkçı Turkish
Means "spoonmaker" from Turkish kaşık meaning "spoon".
Kavak Turkish
Means "poplar" in Turkish.
Kayan Turkish
Means "slippery, smooth, gliding" in Turkish.
Kaygisiz Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word for “carefree, relaxed”.
Kayıkçı Turkish
Means "boatman, rower" in Turkish.
Kazan Turkish
From Turkish meaning "cauldron".
Kazancı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles or boilers, from Turkish kazan meaning "cauldron, boiler".
Keçeci Turkish
Means "felt seller, person who makes felt" in Turkish, derived from keçe meaning "felt, cloth".
Keklik Turkish
Means "partridge" in Turkish.
Keleş Turkish
Means "brave, handsome" as well as "bald" or "ugly" in Turkish.
Keskin Turkish
Means "sharp, bitter" in Turkish.
Kibar Turkish
Means "kind, polite, noble" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic كبار (kibar).
Kılıç Turkish
Means "sword" in Turkish.
Kılıçaslan Turkish
From Turkish kılıç meaning "sword" and aslan meaning "lion".
Kılık Turkish
Means "appearance, attire, dress" in Turkish.
Kılınç Turkish
Variant spelling of Kılıç.
Kıraç Turkish
Means "barren, wasted, infertile" in Turkish.
Kıral Turkish
Means "supreme leader" in Turkish
Kıran Turkish
Means "pestilence, murrain" or "breaker, crusher" in Turkish.
Kiraz Turkish
Means "cherry" in Turkish.
Kırmızı Turkish
Means "red" in Turkish.
Kısa Turkish
Means "short, brief" in Turkish.
Kıvrak Turkish
Means "lithe, agile, active" in Turkish.
Kıyak Turkish
Means "super, great, fine" in Turkish.
Kızıl Turkish
Means "red, scarlet" in Turkish.
Kızılkaya Turkish
Means "red rock" in Turkish.
Koca Turkish
Means "large, great" or "husband" in Turkish.
Kocabaş Turkish
Means "hawfinch" (a type of bird) in Turkish.
Koçak Turkish
Means "brave, strong" or "generous" in Turkish.
Kocaman Turkish
Means "huge, enormous" in Turkish.
Kök Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.
Köken Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.
Kömürcü Turkish
Means "coal dealer, charcoal burner, coal miner" in Turkish.
Konuk Turkish
Means "guest" in Turkish.
Kör Turkish
Means "blind" or "blunt" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian کور (kor).
Korkmaz Turkish
Means "unafraid, fearless" in Turkish.
Korkut Turkish
Means "big hailstone, stern, resolute" in Turkish.
Köse Turkish
Means "beardless" in Turkish.
Köylü Turkish
Means "villager, peasant" in Turkish.
Koyuncu Turkish
Means "sheep farmer" in Turkish.
Kül Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and Uyghur variant of Kul.
Kunt Turkish
Means "Solid", also the old Turkish name of a mountain range in Asia where Turks supposedly originated from.
Kurnaz Turkish
Means "sly, cunning" in Turkish.
Kurşun Turkish
Means "lead (the element), bullet, projectile" in Turkish.
Kurt Turkish
Means "wolf" in Turkish.
Kurtoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the wolf" from Turkish kurt meaning "wolf".
Kuru Turkish
Means "dry, bare" in Turkish.
Kuş Turkish
Means "bird" in Turkish.
Kuşçu Turkish
Occupational name for a breeder, seller or trainer of birds, from Turkish kuş meaning "bird".
Kutlu Turkish
Means "auspicious, blessed, happy, holy, lucky" in Turkish.
Kütük Turkish
Means "tree log, stump" in Turkish.
Kuzu Turkish
Means "lamb" in Turkish.
Lepsy Slavic (Rare), Turkish (Rare)
Possibly dating back to the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Europe, the original Turkic meaning is veiled in mystery, and possibly meant "one who comes from the edge of the lake." ... [more]
Levent Turkish
From the given name Levent.
Macit Turkish
From the given name Macit.
Maden Turkish
Means "mine, mineral, ore" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic معدن (ma'din).
Mehmet Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Mehmet.
Mermer Turkish
Means "marble" in Turkish, ultimately of Greek origin.
Mert Turkish
From the given name Mert.
Meşe Turkish
Means "oak" in Turkish.
Mesutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Mesut".
Mete Turkish
From the given name Mete.
Metin Turkish
From the given name Metin.
Mikail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Mikail.
Muhsin Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Muhsin
Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.
Nalbant Turkish
Means "farrier" in Turkish.
Nalci Turkish
Occupational surname denoting a horse-shoe maker, from the Turkish word nal meaning "horse-shoe" and the particle -cı a suffix appended to words to create a noun denoting a profession or occupation.
Nur Arabic, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Nur.
Ocak Turkish
Means "stove, oven, furnace" in Turkish.
Öğüt Turkish
Means "admonition, advice" in Turkish.
Oğuz Turkish
From the name of an ancient Turkic people, itself derived from a Turkic word meaning "tribe, clan".
Ok Turkish
Means "arrow" in Turkish.
Okçu Turkish
Means "archer" in Turkish.
Öksüz Turkish
Means "orphan, motherless child" in Turkish.
Okumuş Turkish
Means "educated, well-read" in Turkish.
Okur Turkish
Means "reader" in Turkish.
Olgun Turkish
Means "mature, grown" in Turkish.
Ölmez Turkish
Means "immortal, undying, eternal" in Turkish.
Öncü Turkish
Means "innovator, pioneer, trailblazer" in Turkish.
Önder Turkish
From the given name Önder.
Orak Turkish
Means "sickle" in Turkish.
Ören Turkish
Means "ruin, ruins" in Turkish.
Orhan Turkish
From the given name Orhan.
Orman Turkish
Means "forest, woods" in Turkish.
Örs Turkish
Means "anvil" in Turkish.
Oruç Turkish
From Turkish oruç meaning ''fast, to abstain from food''.
Ottoman Turkish
From a Latin form (through French) of the Turkish given name Osman, itself from Arabic Uthman... [more]
Öz Turkish
Means "core, essence" in Turkish.
Özalp Turkish
Comes from Özalp, Van, Turkey
Ozan Turkish
From the given name Ozan.
Özbekoğlu Turkish
Means "son of an Uzbek".
Özcan Turkish
Means "pure soul" in Turkish.
Özçelik Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and çelik meaning "steel".
Özdemir Turkish
Means "pure iron" from Turkish öz meaning "pure" and demir meaning "iron".
Özden Turkish
Means "from self, from essence" in Turkish.
Özel Turkish
Means "private, personal" or "special, exceptional" in Turkish.
Özen Turkish
This Turkish surname has the meaning of "care"
Özer Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and er meaning "man, male, warrior".
Özgür Turkish
Means "free" in Turkish.
Özil Turkish
From Turkish words Öz meaning "core", "essence", "pure" and Il meaning "city", "province".
Özkan Turkish
Means "pure blood" from Turkish öz meaning "pure" and kan meaning "blood".
Özkaya Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and kaya meaning "rock".
Özlü Turkish
Means "succinct, concise" in Turkish.
Öztürk Turkish
From the given name Öztürk.
Özyakup Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence, self, pure" combined with the given name Yakup. This name is borne by the Turkish-Dutch soccer player Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992-).
Özyurek Turkish
Formed by the combination of the Turkish words öz "gist, kernel" and yürek "heart".
Pala Turkish
Means "machete, scimitar, blade" in Turkish.
Palabıyık Turkish
Means “ handlebar moustache” in Turkish
Parlak Turkish
Means "bright, brilliant" in Turkish.
Pasha Albanian, Ottoman Turkish (Anglicized), Turkish (Anglicized)
Pasha or pascha (Ottoman Turkish: پاشا‎, Turkish: paşa), formerly anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries and others... [more]
Pehlivan Turkish
Means "wrestler, strongman" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).
Pınar Turkish
Means "spring, fountain" in Turkish.
Pişkin Turkish
Means "brazen, bold-faced" or "mature, hardened" in Turkish.
Polat Turkish
Means "steel" in Persian. Many Turkish Oghuz descendants are using this surname.
Poyraz Turkish
Means "north wind" in Turkish, of Greek origin.
Recepoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Recep".
Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.
Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.
Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.
Sağır Turkish
Means "deaf" in Turkish.
Sağlam Turkish
Means "firm, hard, strong" in Turkish.
Sak Turkish
Means "conscious, awake" or "stalk, stem" in Turkish.
Saka Turkish
Either an occupational name for a seller or deliverer of water or a nickname meaning "goldfinch".
Sakallı Turkish
Means "bearded" in Turkish.
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