Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 270

Alagöz

Alagöz /aɫaˈɡøz/ ASCII Alagoz

“hazel-eyed”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Alagöz?

Alagöz

IPA /aɫaˈɡøz/

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

What does the surname Alagöz mean?

From ala “hazel, light brown” and göz “eye”: a nickname for someone with hazel eyes. Alagöz is also the name of many villages and neighbourhoods in Anatolia.2,3

Grammar Adjective ala + noun göz; ela “hazel” is related to ala.

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

What is Alagöz made of?

Alagöz is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ala (ala: hazel, light brown; dappled) + göz (göz: eye).

Alagöz + root ala ala: hazel, light brown;dappled TURKIC ala “light chestnut, hazel;multicoloured, dappled” root göz göz: eye TURKIC göz “eye” Alagöz ala root ala: hazel, light brown; dappled ala TURKIC “light chestnut, hazel;multicoloured, dappled” göz root göz: eye göz TURKIC “eye”
Alagöz: parts and root words
  • ala Turkic — light chestnut, hazel; multicoloured, dappled2
  • göz Turkic — eye3

How was the name Alagöz formed?

Alagöz was formed by joining ala (“ala: hazel, light brown; dappled”) and göz (“göz: eye”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.8

Which surnames are related to Alagöz?

Alagöz Açıkgöz Karagöz Tokgöz Aladağ Alataş Gökgöz Alaca Akgöz Alakuş Deligöz Göztepe Gözüaçık
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Açıkgöz same root – –
02 Karagöz same root – –
03 Tokgöz same root – –
04 Aladağ same root – –
05 Alataş same root – –
06 Gökgöz same root – –
07 Alaca same root – –
08 Akgöz same root – –
09 Alakuş same root – –
10 Deligöz same root – –
11 Göztepe same root – –
12 Gözüaçık same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Alagöz most common?

Alagöz is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 21st in Iğdır.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır · rank 21 · 779 people Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Alagöz: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Iğdır21779

Who are some well-known people named Alagöz?

  1. Selçuk Alagöz musician 1944–2025
  2. Bahattin Alagöz politician 1947–
  3. Cemal Arif Alagöz geographer 1902–1991
  4. Rana Alagöz singer 1948–
  5. Abdurrahman Emir Alagöz association football player 1992–
  6. Barış Baykant Alagöz researcher
  7. Enver Alagöz researcher
  8. Esra Alagöz researcher

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

How is Alagöz written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Alagöz as Alagoz, dropping the diacritics.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ala accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: göz accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Alagöz accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ala accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Alagöz accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Alagöz

Q1

What does the surname Alagöz mean?

From ala “hazel, light brown” and göz “eye”: a nickname for someone with hazel eyes. Alagöz is also the name of many villages and neighbourhoods in Anatolia.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Alagöz?

Alagöz is made up of two elements: ala “light chestnut, hazel; multicoloured, dappled” (Turkic) and göz “eye” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Alagöz?

A·la·göz, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɫaˈɡøz/.