Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 434

Ateş

Ateş /aˈteʃ/ ASCII Ates

“fire”2

Province lists
111
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§13
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9As a first name
  10. §10Abroad
  11. §11Sources
  12. §12Questions
  13. §13Related

How do you pronounce Ateş?

Ateş

IPA /aˈteʃ/

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

What does the surname Ateş mean?

Ateş is fire, the heat and light given off by something burning; figuratively it means passion, ardour and excitement. The word comes from Persian ātaş and replaced the older Turkish word od. As a name it suggests vitality and passion.2

Ateş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Ateş made of?

Ateş is a single root: ateş (fire).

Ateş root ateş fire PERSIAN ātaš “fire” Ateş ateş root fire ātaš PERSIAN “fire”
Ateş: parts and root words
  • ātaš Persian — fire2

How was the name Ateş formed?

Ateş belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Ateş?

Ateş Özateş Ateşçi Ateşli
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özateş same root – –
02 Ateşçi same root – –
03 Ateşli same root – –

How else is Ateş spelled?

Ataşspelling

Where in Türkiye is Ateş most common?

Ateş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 11 provinces; its best rank is 17th in Osmaniye.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 24 · 7,009 people Edirne Elazığ · rank 29 · 1,983 people Erzincan · rank 30 · 707 people Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep · rank 29 · 7,336 people Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay · rank 18 · 5,708 people Isparta Mersin · rank 30 · 5,603 people Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas · rank 22 · 2,495 people Tekirdağ Tokat · rank 29 · 2,018 people Trabzon Tunceli · rank 18 · 473 people Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan · rank 29 · 382 people Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye · rank 17 · 2,035 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 11
  • Not listed
Ateş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Gaziantep297,336
02Diyarbakır247,009
03Hatay185,708
04Mersin305,603
05Sivas222,495
06Osmaniye172,035

Who are some well-known people named Ateş?

  1. Seyran Ateş actor 1963–
  2. Necati Ateş association football player 1980–
  3. Nejlâ Ateş belly dancer 1932–2005
  4. Ceyda Ateş film actor 1988–
  5. Berkay Ateş film actor 1987–
  6. Süleyman Ateş writer 1933–
  7. Toktamış Ateş author 1944–2013
  8. Ahmet Ateş historian 1913–1966

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

Is Ateş also a first name?

Yes. Ateş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “fire”.

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

How is Ateş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Ateş is usually written Ates.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ātaš accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ateş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ateş

Q1

What does the surname Ateş mean?

Ateş is fire, the heat and light given off by something burning; figuratively it means passion, ardour and excitement. The word comes from Persian ātaş and replaced the older Turkish word od. As a name it suggests vitality and passion.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ateş?

The root word of Ateş is ātaš (Persian): “fire”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ateş?

A·teş, 2 syllables; IPA: /aˈteʃ/.