Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 268

Aladağ

Aladağ /aɫaˈdaː/ ASCII Aladag

“mottled mountain”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
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Initial
A
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 Aladağ?

Aladağ

IPA /aɫaˈdaː/

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

What does the surname Aladağ mean?

Aladağ means “mottled mountain”: ala “variegated, dappled” plus dağ “mountain”, describing the patchwork of snow and rock, forest and bare slope. The Aladağlar range in the Taurus, the district of Aladağ in Adana and many Anatolian peaks bear the name.1,2

Grammar ala + dağ; fixed place name.

That Aladağ goes back to Aladağ and ala is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Aladağ made of?

Aladağ is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ala (ala: variegated, mottled) + dağ (dağ: mountain).

Aladağ ++ root ala ala: variegated, mottled TURKIC Aladağ “ala + dağ; mountain andplace name” suffix dağ dağ: mountain TURKIC ala “mottled, variegated;Proto-Turkic *āla” Aladağ ala root ala: variegated, mottled Aladağ TURKIC “ala + dağ; mountain and placename” dağ suffix dağ: mountain ala TURKIC “mottled, variegated;Proto-Turkic *āla”
Aladağ: parts and root words
  • Aladağ Turkic — ala + dağ; mountain and place name2
  • ala Turkic — mottled, variegated; Proto-Turkic *āla1

How was the name Aladağ formed?

Aladağ was formed by adding the suffix dağ (“dağ: mountain”) to ala (“ala: variegated, mottled”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Aladağ?

Aladağ Alagöz Alataş Alakuş Aladoğan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Alagöz same root – –
02 Alataş same root – –
03 Alakuş same root – –
04 Aladoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Aladağ?

  1. Züli Aladağ actor 1968–
  2. Emin Aladağ association football player 1983–
  3. Merve Aladağ association football player 1993–
  4. Nevin Aladağ photographer 1972–
  5. Barış Aladağ songwriter 1979–
  6. Ahmet Emre Aladağ researcher
  7. Nesim Aladağ researcher
  8. Seçil Aladağ association football player 1992–

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

How is Aladağ written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is printed Aladag in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ala accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Aladağ accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ala 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

Common questions about Aladağ

Q1

What does the surname Aladağ mean?

Aladağ means “mottled mountain”: ala “variegated, dappled” plus dağ “mountain”, describing the patchwork of snow and rock, forest and bare slope. The Aladağlar range in the Taurus, the district of Aladağ in Adana and many Anatolian peaks bear the name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aladağ?

The root word of Aladağ is ala (Turkic): “mottled, variegated; Proto-Turkic *āla”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Aladağ?

A·la·dağ, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɫaˈdaː/.