Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 262

Altınçekiç

Altınçekiç /aɫtɯnt͡ʃeˈcit͡ʃ/ ASCII Altincekic

“golden hammer”2

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Altınçekiç?

Altınçekiç

IPA /aɫtɯnt͡ʃeˈcit͡ʃ/

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

What does the surname Altınçekiç mean?

Built from altın ‘gold’ and çekiç ‘hammer’: ‘golden hammer’. According to Nişanyan, çekiç is borrowed from Persian čakuš ‘hammer’; altın comes from Old Turkic altūn. The head of the name is çekiç.1,2

Grammar altın + çekiç.

That Altınçekiç goes back to altın and çekiç is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Altınçekiç made of?

Altınçekiç breaks into 2 parts: altın (altın: gold) + çekiç (çekiç: hammer).

Altınçekiç + first element altın altın: gold TURKIC altın “gold” root çekiç çekiç: hammer PERSIAN çekiç “hammer” Altınçekiç altın first element altın: gold altın TURKIC “gold” çekiç root çekiç: hammer çekiç PERSIAN “hammer”
Altınçekiç: parts and root words
  • altın Turkic — gold2
  • çekiç Persian — hammer1

How was the name Altınçekiç formed?

Altınçekiç belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (altın + çekiç).

Which surnames are related to Altınçekiç?

Altınçekiç Altın Altıntaş Altınok Altuntaş Çekiç Altınel Altınay Altınkaya Altundağ Altınsoy Altıntop Altunel
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Altın same root – –
02 Altıntaş same root – –
03 Altınok same root – –
04 Altuntaş same root – –
05 Çekiç same root – –
06 Altınel same root – –
07 Altınay same root – –
08 Altınkaya same root – –
09 Altundağ same root – –
10 Altınsoy same root – –
11 Altıntop same root – –
12 Altunel same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Altınçekiç?

  1. Leman Bozkurt Altınçekiç military personnel 1932–2001

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

How is Altınçekiç written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language and other foreign records the name is usually written Altincekic.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çekiç accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: altın 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 Altınçekiç

Q1

What does the surname Altınçekiç mean?

Built from altın ‘gold’ and çekiç ‘hammer’: ‘golden hammer’. According to Nişanyan, çekiç is borrowed from Persian čakuš ‘hammer’; altın comes from Old Turkic altūn. The head of the name is çekiç.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Altınçekiç?

The root word of Altınçekiç is altın (Persian): “gold”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Altınçekiç?

Al·tın·çe·kiç, 4 syllables; IPA: /aɫtɯnt͡ʃeˈcit͡ʃ/.