Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 124

Akgündüz

Akgündüz /akɟynˈdyz/ ASCII Akgunduz

“bright daytime”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
A
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Akgündüz?

Akgündüz

IPA /akɟynˈdyz/

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

What does the surname Akgündüz mean?

Built from ak ‘white, clean’ and gündüz ‘daytime’: ‘bright, white day’. Gündüz is the light part of the day from morning to evening and goes back to Proto-Turkic küntüŕ.1,2

Grammar ak + gündüz.

That Akgündüz goes back to ak and gündüz is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Akgündüz made of?

Akgündüz breaks into 2 parts: ak (white; clean) + gündüz (daytime).

Akgündüz + root ak white; clean TURKIC ak “white; clean, spotless” root gündüz daytime TURKIC gündüz “daytime” Akgündüz ak root white; clean ak TURKIC “white; clean, spotless” gündüz root daytime gündüz TURKIC “daytime”
Akgündüz: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white; clean, spotless2
  • gündüz Turkic — daytime1

How was the name Akgündüz formed?

Akgündüz belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ak + gündüz).

Which surnames are related to Akgündüz?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gündüz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Akgündüz?

  1. Ahmet Akgündüz academic 1955–
  2. Fadıl Akgündüz politician 1959–
  3. Mehmet Çağrı Akgündüz researcher

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

Is Akgündüz also a first name?

Yes. Akgündüz is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “bright daytime”.

Akgündüz as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Akgündüz written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Akgunduz in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gündüz accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ak 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
  6. 6 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Akgündüz

Q1

What does the surname Akgündüz mean?

Built from ak ‘white, clean’ and gündüz ‘daytime’: ‘bright, white day’. Gündüz is the light part of the day from morning to evening and goes back to Proto-Turkic küntüŕ.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akgündüz?

The root word of Akgündüz is ak (Turkic): “white; clean, spotless”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Akgündüz?

Ak·gün·düz, 3 syllables; IPA: /akɟynˈdyz/.