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Heroes and warriors Page 2

This page lists entries 64–126 of 126 (Gökalp … Zeybek), ordered by national rank and then alphabetically. The introduction and charts are on page 1.

All surnames in this category

The list grows as surnames are added to the dictionary.
#	Surname	Meaning	Origin	Letters
64	Gökalp	hero of the sky	Turkic	6
65	Güreşen	one who wrestles	Turkic	7
66	Kahraman	hero	Persian	8
67	Kahramaner	heroic man	Turkic	10
68	Karaer	mighty warrior; dark man	Turkic	6
69	Karayiğit	dark, strong hero	Turkic	9
70	Kayaalp	hero firm as rock	Turkic	7
71	Kılıçer	sword warrior	Turkic	7
72	Kılıçkıran	sword-breaker	Turkic	10
73	Kılıçsallayan	sword-swinger	Turkic	13
74	Kıran	breaker, overcomer	Turkic	5
75	Kocaer	great hero	Turkic	6
76	Koçoğlu	son of Koç	Turkic	7
77	Koçyiğit	brave lad, strong as a ram	Turkic	8
78	Konuralp	brown-haired hero; Konur Alp	Turkic	8
79	Malkoç	raider chief; the Malkoçoğlu family name	Other	6
80	Manas	Manas, hero of the Kyrgyz epic	Turkic	5
81	Merdan	brave men; brave	Persian	6
82	Mergen	wise man; marksman	Mongolic	6
83	Orbay	lord of the fortress	Turkic	5
84	Ordu	Ordu province; army	Turkic	4
85	Öcal	take revenge	Turkic	4
86	Öncü	vanguard, pioneer	Turkic	4
87	Öney	one who goes ahead	Turkic	4
88	Özakın	true raid	Turkic	6
89	Özakıncı	true raider	Turkic	8
90	Özalp	true hero, noble hero	Turkic	5
91	Özyiğit	true hero	Turkic	7
92	Pehlivan	wrestler; strongman	Persian	8
93	Pehlivanoğlu	son of the wrestler	Persian	12
94	Sancaktutan	standard-bearer	Turkic	11
95	Sarvan	warrior	Kurdish	6
96	Savaş	battle, struggle	Turkic	5
97	Savaşçı	warrior	Turkic	7
98	Savaşır	one who fights	Turkic	7
99	Savaşkan	fighter, warlike	Turkic	8
100	Sefer	journey; military campaign	Arabic	5
101	Sipahi	Ottoman cavalryman	Persian	6
102	Soygazi	lineage + war hero	Arabic	7
103	Sökmensüer	Sökmen + Süer ‘soldier’	Turkic	10
104	Süalp	brave warrior	Turkic	5
105	Süer	soldier	Turkic	4
106	Şenalp	cheerful hero	Turkic	6
107	Tamer	complete man; male name	Turkic	5
108	Tekinalp	heroic prince	Turkic	8
109	Tokuş	battle, fight	Turkic	5
110	Tunçalp	hero strong as bronze	Turkic	7
111	Türkeri	Turkish warrior	Turkic	7
112	Uran	skill, mastery; watchword; industry	Mongolic	4
113	Utkan	victorious	Turkic	5
114	Utku	victory	Turkic	4
115	Vural	strike and take	Turkic	5
116	Yağız	swarthy; brave young man	Turkic	5
117	Yen	sleeve, or ‘conquer!’	Turkic	3
118	Yenen	the victor	Turkic	5
119	Yener	victor, one who prevails	Turkic	5
120	Yengi	victory	Turkic	5
121	Yiğit	brave young man, hero	Turkic	5
122	Yiğitbaşı	guild officer	Turkic	9
123	Yiğiter	valiant man	Turkic	7
124	Yiğitoğlu	son of the brave one	Turkic	9
125	Zafer	victory, triumph	Arabic	5
126	Zeybek	Aegean irregular fighter; folk dance	Turkic	6