Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 385

Altıntop

Altıntop /aɫtɯnˈtop/ ASCII Altintop

“golden ball”1

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

How do you pronounce Altıntop?

Altıntop

IPA /aɫtɯnˈtop/

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

What does the surname Altıntop mean?

Altıntop is made of altın “gold” and top “ball”: “golden ball”. Top means a round object in Turkish, and in Ottoman times a gilded ball crowned the sultan’s banners and horsetail standards. The name is also used as a male given name and carries the image of a precious, shining object.1,2

Grammar altın + top (adjective + noun)

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

What is Altıntop made of?

Altıntop is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: altın (gold) + top (ball, round object).

Altıntop + root altın gold TURKIC altın “gold” root top ball, round object TURKIC top “ball; cannon;Proto-Turkic *top…” Altıntop altın root gold altın TURKIC “gold” top root ball, round object top TURKIC “ball; cannon; Proto-Turkic *top‘round thing’”
Altıntop: parts and root words
  • altın Turkic — gold1
  • top Turkic — ball; cannon; Proto-Turkic *top “round thing”2

How was the name Altıntop formed?

Altıntop was formed by joining altın (“gold”) and top (“ball, round object”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Altıntop?

Altıntop Altın Altıntaş Topçu Topçuoğlu Altınok Altuntaş Altınel Altınay Altınkaya Altundağ Toptaş Altınsoy
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 Topçu same root – –
04 Topçuoğlu same root – –
05 Altınok same root – –
06 Altuntaş same root – –
07 Altınel same root – –
08 Altınay same root – –
09 Altınkaya same root – –
10 Altundağ same root – –
11 Toptaş same root – –
12 Altınsoy same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Altıntop?

  1. Hamit Altıntop association football player 1982–
  2. Halil Altıntop association football player 1982–
  3. Tuğba Altıntop actor 1976–
  4. Mehlika Dilek Altıntop researcher
  5. Yasemin Ay Altıntop researcher
  6. İsmail Altıntop researcher

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

Is Altıntop also a first name?

Yes. Altıntop is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “golden ball”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: altın accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: top accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: altın accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: top accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Altıntop

Q1

What does the surname Altıntop mean?

Altıntop is made of altın “gold” and top “ball”: “golden ball”. Top means a round object in Turkish, and in Ottoman times a gilded ball crowned the sultan’s banners and horsetail standards. The name is also used as a male given name and carries the image of a precious, shining object.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Altıntop?

Altıntop is made up of two elements: altın “gold” (Turkic) and top ‘ball; cannon; Proto-Turkic *top “round thing”’ (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Altıntop?

Al·tın·top, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɫtɯnˈtop/.