Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 551

Aşık

Aşık /aˈʃɯk/ ASCII Asik

“minstrel poet; lover”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
A
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Aşık?

Aşık

IPA /aˈʃɯk/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Aşık mean?

Âşık means both ‘lover’ and the folk minstrel who improvises poetry with the saz; bards such as Âşık Veysel and Âşık Seyrani carry it as a title. The word comes from Arabic ʿāshiq ‘lover’. In the surname it is usually written without the circumflex; Turkish aşık ‘knucklebone’ is a different word of the same shape.1,3

That Aşık goes back to âşık and aşık is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Aşık is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Aşık made of?

Aşık combines Arabic and Turkic elements in 1 parts: âşık (lover; minstrel poet).

Aşık + root âşık lover; minstrel poet ARABIC âşık “lover; folk poet whosings with the saz…” TURKIC aşık “knucklebone; game playedwith knucklebones” Aşık âşık root lover; minstrel poet âşık ARABIC “lover; folk poet who sings withthe saz (Arabic ʿāshiq)” aşık TURKIC “knucklebone; game played withknucklebones”
Aşık: parts and root words
  • âşık Arabic — lover; folk poet who sings with the saz (Arabic ʿāshiq)1
  • aşık Turkic — knucklebone; game played with knucklebones3

How was the name Aşık formed?

Aşık is the word âşık (“lover; minstrel poet”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Aşık?

Aşık Büyükaşık Aşıkoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Büyükaşık same root – –
02 Aşıkoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Aşık?

  1. Ömer Aşık basketball player 1986–
  2. Emre Aşık association football player 1973–
  3. Eyüp Aşık politician 1953–
  4. Melih Aşık journalist 1942–
  5. Metin Aşık businessperson 1947–2019
  6. Ömer Aşık athlete 1991–
  7. Elif Beyza Aşık sport shooter 1994–
  8. Mustafa Aşık association football player 1988–

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

Is Aşık also a first name?

Yes. Aşık is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “minstrel poet; lover”.

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

How is Aşık written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Asik in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: âşık accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: aşık2 accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Aşık accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Aşık (soyadı) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: aşık accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Aşık

Q1

What does the surname Aşık mean?

Âşık means both ‘lover’ and the folk minstrel who improvises poetry with the saz; bards such as Âşık Veysel and Âşık Seyrani carry it as a title. The word comes from Arabic ʿāshiq ‘lover’. In the surname it is usually written without the circumflex; Turkish aşık ‘knucklebone’ is a different word of the same shape.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aşık?

The root word of Aşık is âşık (Arabic): “lover; folk poet who sings with the saz (Arabic ʿāshiq)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Aşık?

A·şık, 2 syllables; IPA: /aˈʃɯk/.