Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 330

Arcasoy

Arcasoy /aɾdʒaˈsoj/

“pure lineage”2

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

How do you pronounce Arcasoy?

Arcasoy

IPA /aɾdʒaˈsoj/

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

What does the surname Arcasoy mean?

The name joins arca ‘pure, clean’ and soy ‘lineage’: ‘pure lineage’. Nişanyan Adlar records Arca as a New Turkish name meaning ‘pure, clean’, and Turkish Wiktionary glosses arca as ‘clean’.1,2

Grammar arca + soy.

That Arcasoy goes back to arca and soy is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Arcasoy made of?

Arcasoy breaks into 2 parts: arca (pure, clean) + soy (lineage).

Arcasoy + root arca pure, clean TURKIC arca “pure, clean” root soy lineage TURKIC soy “lineage” Arcasoy arca root pure, clean arca TURKIC “pure, clean” soy root lineage soy TURKIC “lineage”
Arcasoy: parts and root words
  • arca Turkic — pure, clean2
  • soy Turkic — lineage1

How was the name Arcasoy formed?

Arcasoy belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (arca + soy).

Which surnames are related to Arcasoy?

Arcasoy Aksoy Gürsoy Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Atasoy Şensoy Soydan Soyer Yücesoy
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aksoy same root – –
02 Gürsoy same root – –
03 Ulusoy same root – –
04 Özsoy same root – –
05 Ersoy same root – –
06 Soysal same root – –
07 Soylu same root – –
08 Atasoy same root – –
09 Şensoy same root – –
10 Soydan same root – –
11 Soyer same root – –
12 Yücesoy same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Arcasoy?

  1. Ayten Arcasoy scientist 1929–2016
  2. Murat Osman Arcasoy researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Arca accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: arca 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 Arcasoy

Q1

What does the surname Arcasoy mean?

The name joins arca ‘pure, clean’ and soy ‘lineage’: ‘pure lineage’. Nişanyan Adlar records Arca as a New Turkish name meaning ‘pure, clean’, and Turkish Wiktionary glosses arca as ‘clean’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Arcasoy?

The root word of Arcasoy is arca (Turkic): “pure, clean”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Arcasoy?

Ar·ca·soy, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɾdʒaˈsoj/.