Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 8

Abaoğlu

Abaoğlu /abaoːˈɫu/ ASCII Abaoglu

“aba (woollen cloak) + -oğlu”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Abaoğlu?

Abaoğlu

IPA /abaoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Abaoğlu mean?

Abaoğlu is made of aba and -oğlu. Aba is a coarse woollen cloth and the long collarless cloak made from it; Nişanyan derives the word from Arabic ʿabāʾ or ḳabāʾ ‘felt cloak’. In dialects aba also means ‘elder sister, mother’.1,2

Grammar aba + -oğlu.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. aba ‘coarse woollen cloth, cloak’, from Arabic (Nişanyan).
  2. dialect aba ‘elder sister, mother’ (tr.Wiktionary).

What is Abaoğlu made of?

Abaoğlu breaks into 2 parts: aba (aba: coarse woollen cloth; a cloak of it) + -oğlu (-oğlu: son of).

Abaoğlu ++ root aba aba: coarse woollencloth; a cloak of it ARABIC ʿabāʾ / ḳabāʾ “felt cloak” suffix -oğlu -oğlu: son of TURKIC aba “elder sister; mother” Abaoğlu aba root aba: coarse woollen cloth; a cloak ofit ʿabāʾ / ḳabāʾ ARABIC “felt cloak” -oğlu suffix -oğlu: son of aba TURKIC “elder sister; mother”
Abaoğlu: parts and root words
  • ʿabāʾ / ḳabāʾ Arabic — felt cloak1
  • aba Turkic — elder sister; mother2

How was the name Abaoğlu formed?

Abaoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (aba + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Abaoğlu?

Abaoğlu Abacı Abalı Abacıoğlu Abasıyanık Abalıoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Abacı same root – –
02 Abalı same root – –
03 Abacıoğlu same root – –
04 Abasıyanık same root – –
05 Abalıoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Abaoğlu?

  1. Cihat Abaoğlu military personnel 1914–1979
  2. Hatice Abaoğlu researcher

People surnamed Abaoğlu as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

How is Abaoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Abaoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: aba accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: aba accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Abaoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Abaoğlu mean?

Abaoğlu is made of aba and -oğlu. Aba is a coarse woollen cloth and the long collarless cloak made from it; Nişanyan derives the word from Arabic ʿabāʾ or ḳabāʾ ‘felt cloak’. In dialects aba also means ‘elder sister, mother’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Abaoğlu?

The root word of Abaoğlu is ʿabāʾ / ḳabāʾ (Arabic): “felt cloak”. There are 3 competing views on where Abaoğlu comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Abaoğlu?

A·ba·oğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /abaoːˈɫu/.