Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 348

Arısoy

Arısoy /aɾɯˈsoj/ ASCII Arisoy

“pure lineage”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Arısoy?

Arısoy

IPA /aɾɯˈsoj/

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

What does the surname Arısoy mean?

Arısoy joins the adjective arı ‘pure, clean’ to soy ‘lineage’, giving ‘pure lineage’. Arı is also the word for the honeybee, but the adjective reading fits a compound with soy more naturally.1,2

Grammar arı (adjective) + soy.

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

What is Arısoy made of?

Arısoy breaks into 2 parts: arı (arı: pure, clean) + soy (soy: lineage, descent).

Arısoy + root arı arı: pure, clean TURKIC arı “pure, clean (adjective);also the honeybee” root soy soy: lineage, descent TURKIC soy “lineage, family, descent” Arısoy arı root arı: pure, clean arı TURKIC “pure, clean (adjective); alsothe honeybee” soy root soy: lineage, descent soy TURKIC “lineage, family, descent”
Arısoy: parts and root words
  • arı Turkic — pure, clean (adjective); also the honeybee1
  • soy Turkic — lineage, family, descent2

How was the name Arısoy formed?

Arısoy belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (arı + soy).

Which surnames are related to Arısoy?

Arısoy Aksoy Gürsoy Arıkan Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Atasoy Şensoy Arıcı Soydan
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 Arıkan same root – –
04 Ulusoy same root – –
05 Özsoy same root – –
06 Ersoy same root – –
07 Soysal same root – –
08 Soylu same root – –
09 Atasoy same root – –
10 Şensoy same root – –
11 Arıcı same root – –
12 Soydan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Arısoy?

  1. M. Sunullah Arısoy author 1925–1989
  2. Ahmet Arısoy researcher
  3. Feyza Dündar Arısoy researcher
  4. Resul Arısoy researcher
  5. Özden Arısoy researcher
  6. İbrahim Arısoy politician 1948–

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

How is Arısoy written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Arisoy.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: arı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: soy 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 Arısoy

Q1

What does the surname Arısoy mean?

Arısoy joins the adjective arı ‘pure, clean’ to soy ‘lineage’, giving ‘pure lineage’. Arı is also the word for the honeybee, but the adjective reading fits a compound with soy more naturally.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Arısoy?

The root word of Arısoy is arı (Turkic): “pure, clean (adjective); also the honeybee”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Arısoy?

A·rı·soy, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɾɯˈsoj/.