Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 345

Arıkoğlu

Arıkoğlu /aɾɯkoːˈɫu/ ASCII Arikoglu

“son of Arık”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
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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 Arıkoğlu?

Arıkoğlu

IPA /aɾɯkoːˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Arıkoğlu mean?

Arıkoğlu means ‘son of Arık’. Arık may be a nickname meaning ‘lean, thin’, but it is also recorded as a male name meaning ‘clean’, and as a word for an irrigation channel.2

Grammar arık + -oğlu.

That Arıkoğlu goes back to arık and Arık is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Arıkoğlu made of?

Arıkoğlu breaks into 2 parts: arık (lean; clean; irrigation channel) + -oğlu (son of; of the family of).

Arıkoğlu ++ root arık lean; clean; irrigationchannel TURKIC arık “lean, thin; irrigationchannel” suffix -oğlu son of; of the family of TURKIC Arık “male name: clean” Arıkoğlu arık root lean; clean; irrigation channel arık TURKIC “lean, thin; irrigation channel” -oğlu suffix son of; of the family of Arık TURKIC “male name: clean”
Arıkoğlu: parts and root words
  • arık Turkic — lean, thin; irrigation channel2
  • Arık Turkic — male name: clean2

How was the name Arıkoğlu formed?

Arıkoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (arık + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Arıkoğlu?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Arık same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Arıkoğlu?

  1. Damar Arıkoğlu politician 1887–1969
  2. Mustafa Arıkoğlu author 1982–
  3. Nezahat Arıkoğlu architect 1920–2000
  4. İlhan Arıkoğlu architect 1922–1981
  5. Alper Arıkoğlu sports executive
  6. Kaya Arıkoğlu architect 1949–
  7. Tuğba Arıkoğlu researcher

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

How is Arıkoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Arikoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: arık accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Arık 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 Arıkoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Arıkoğlu mean?

Arıkoğlu means ‘son of Arık’. Arık may be a nickname meaning ‘lean, thin’, but it is also recorded as a male name meaning ‘clean’, and as a word for an irrigation channel.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Arıkoğlu?

The root word of Arıkoğlu is arık (Turkic): “lean, thin; irrigation channel”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Arıkoğlu?

A·rı·koğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /aɾɯkoːˈɫu/.