Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 468

Ayçiçek

Ayçiçek /ajtʃiˈtʃek/ ASCII Aycicek

“moon-flower; sunflower”2

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

How do you pronounce Ayçiçek?

Ayçiçek

IPA /ajtʃiˈtʃek/

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

What does the surname Ayçiçek mean?

A girl’s name built from ay, “moon”, and çiçek, “flower”, giving the image of a flower as bright as the moon. The same elements form ayçiçeği, the sunflower with its large yellow head, and the surname can also be connected with that plant name.2,3,4

Grammar Compound of ay + çiçek; the form of ayçiçeği without the compound marker -i.

That Ayçiçek goes back to ay and çiçek is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ayçiçek made of?

Ayçiçek breaks into 2 parts: ay (moon; beauty, radiance) + çiçek (flower).

Ayçiçek ++ first element ay moon; beauty, radiance TURKIC ay “the moon; figurativelybeauty” root çiçek flower TURKIC çiçek “flower, blossom” TURKIC ayçiçeği “sunflower” Ayçiçek ay first element moon; beauty, radiance ay TURKIC “the moon; figuratively beauty” çiçek root flower çiçek TURKIC “flower, blossom” ayçiçeği TURKIC “sunflower”
Ayçiçek: parts and root words
  • ay Turkic — the moon; figuratively beauty2
  • çiçek Turkic — flower, blossom3
  • ayçiçeği Turkic — sunflower4

How was the name Ayçiçek formed?

Ayçiçek belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ay + çiçek).

Which surnames are related to Ayçiçek?

Ayçiçek Çiçek Akçiçek Alçiçek Çiçekoğlu Çiçekli
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çiçek same root – –
02 Akçiçek same root – –
03 Alçiçek same root – –
04 Çiçekoğlu same root – –
05 Çiçekli same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Ayçiçek?

  1. Levent Ayçiçek association football player 1994–
  2. Ömer Ayçiçek cross-country skier 1995–
  3. Deniz Ayçiçek association football player 1990–
  4. Arzu Ayçiçek writer 1949–
  5. Gözde Şengül Ayçiçek researcher

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

Is Ayçiçek also a first name?

Yes. Ayçiçek is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “moon-flower; sunflower”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Ayçiçek accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ay accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çiçek accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ayçiçeği accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ayçiçek

Q1

What does the surname Ayçiçek mean?

A girl’s name built from ay, “moon”, and çiçek, “flower”, giving the image of a flower as bright as the moon. The same elements form ayçiçeği, the sunflower with its large yellow head, and the surname can also be connected with that plant name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ayçiçek?

The root word of Ayçiçek is ay (Turkic): “the moon; figuratively beauty”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ayçiçek?

Ay·çi·çek, 3 syllables; IPA: /ajtʃiˈtʃek/.