Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 60

Ağırbaş

Ağırbaş /aɯɾˈbaʃ/ ASCII Agirbas

“dignified, sedate”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
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 Ağırbaş?

Ağırbaş

IPA /aɯɾˈbaʃ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Ağırbaş mean?

Ağırbaş is made of ağır ‘heavy’ and baş ‘head’ and carries the same image as ağırbaşlı ‘dignified, sedate’: a serious, measured, respected person. Ağır here means ‘weighty, not frivolous’.1,2

Grammar ağır + baş: adjective–noun compound.

That Ağırbaş goes back to ağır and baş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ağırbaş made of?

Ağırbaş breaks into 2 parts: ağır (heavy; serious, sedate) + baş (head).

Ağırbaş ++ root ağır heavy; serious, sedate TURKIC ağır “heavy; serious, measured” suffix baş head TURKIC baş “head” Ağırbaş ağır root heavy; serious, sedate ağır TURKIC “heavy; serious, measured” baş suffix head baş TURKIC “head”
Ağırbaş: parts and root words
  • ağır Turkic — heavy; serious, measured1
  • baş Turkic — head2

How was the name Ağırbaş formed?

Ağırbaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ağır + baş).

Which surnames are related to Ağırbaş?

Ağırbaş Akbaş Baş Subaşı Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Başoğlu Yüzbaşıoğlu Odabaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaş same root – –
02 Baş same root – –
03 Subaşı same root – –
04 Başer same root – –
05 Kocabaş same root – –
06 Erbaş same root – –
07 Baştürk same root – –
08 Demirbaş same root – –
09 Başkan same root – –
10 Başoğlu same root – –
11 Yüzbaşıoğlu same root – –
12 Odabaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Ağırbaş?

  1. Aslı Ağırbaş architect
  2. Ayşe Jale Ağırbaş politician 1968–
  3. Gürol Ağırbaş singer 1966–
  4. Funda Ağırbaş author 1976–
  5. İsmail Ağırbaş researcher

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

How is Ağırbaş written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Agirbas.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ağır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: baş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Ağırbaş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ağırbaş

Q1

What does the surname Ağırbaş mean?

Ağırbaş is made of ağır ‘heavy’ and baş ‘head’ and carries the same image as ağırbaşlı ‘dignified, sedate’: a serious, measured, respected person. Ağır here means ‘weighty, not frivolous’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ağırbaş?

The root word of Ağırbaş is ağır (Turkic): “heavy; serious, measured”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ağırbaş?

A·ğır·baş, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɯɾˈbaʃ/.