Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 648

Aydemir

Aydemir /ajdeˈmiɾ/

“moon-bright and iron-strong”2

Province lists
71
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§12
  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. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Aydemir?

Aydemir

IPA /ajdeˈmiɾ/

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

What does the surname Aydemir mean?

Ay, “moon”, joins demir, “iron”. In Turkish names ay conveys beauty and radiance and demir strength, so the name is read as “bright as the moon, strong as iron”. It is a male given name already used before the Surname Law.2,3

Grammar Compound: ay + demir.

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

What is Aydemir made of?

Aydemir is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ay (moon; beautiful, radiant) + demir (iron; firm).

Aydemir + first element ay moon; beautiful, radiant TURKIC ay “moon; figurativelybeauty, radiance” root demir iron; firm TURKIC demir “iron; firmness” Aydemir ay first element moon; beautiful, radiant ay TURKIC “moon; figuratively beauty,radiance” demir root iron; firm demir TURKIC “iron; firmness”
Aydemir: parts and root words
  • ay Turkic — moon; figuratively beauty, radiance2
  • demir Turkic — iron; firmness3

How was the name Aydemir formed?

Aydemir was formed by joining ay (“moon; beautiful, radiant”) and demir (“iron; firm”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.9

Which surnames are related to Aydemir?

Aydemir Demir Özdemir Demirci Demirel Demirtaş Kandemir Akdemir Taşdemir Demircan Demirhan Erdemir Demirer
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Demir same root 3 876,934
02 Özdemir same root 10 556,378
03 Demirci same root – –
04 Demirel same root – –
05 Demirtaş same root – –
06 Kandemir same root – –
07 Akdemir same root – –
08 Taşdemir same root – –
09 Demircan same root – –
10 Demirhan same root – –
11 Erdemir same root – –
12 Demirer same root – –

How else is Aydemir spelled?

Aytemurspelling

Where in Türkiye is Aydemir most common?

Aydemir is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 7 provinces; its best rank is 15th in Şırnak.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı · rank 20 · 2,692 people Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu · rank 28 · 1,019 people Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ · rank 27 · 2,106 people Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta · rank 27 · 1,517 people Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş · rank 30 · 1,787 people Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak · rank 15 · 2,271 people Bartın Ardahan · rank 18 · 563 people Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 7
  • Not listed
Aydemir: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Ağrı202,692
02Şırnak152,271
03Elazığ272,106
04Muş301,787
05Isparta271,517
06Bolu281,019

Who are some well-known people named Aydemir?

  1. Naz Aydemir volleyball player 1990–
  2. Esma Aydemir athletics competitor 1992–
  3. Selim Aydemir association football player 1990–
  4. İbrahim Aydemir association football player 1983–
  5. Şevket Süreyya Aydemir politician 1897–1976
  6. Sabire Aydemir civil servant 1910–1991
  7. Talât Aydemir military personnel 1917–1964
  8. Zehranur Aydemir statesperson 1998–

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

Is Aydemir also a first name?

Yes. Aydemir is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “moon-bright and iron-strong”.

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

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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ay accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: demir accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Aydemir accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ay accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Wiktionary: demir accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Aydemir accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  10. 10 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  11. 11 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Aydemir

Q1

What does the surname Aydemir mean?

Ay, “moon”, joins demir, “iron”. In Turkish names ay conveys beauty and radiance and demir strength, so the name is read as “bright as the moon, strong as iron”. It is a male given name already used before the Surname Law.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aydemir?

Aydemir is made up of two elements: ay “moon; figuratively beauty, radiance” (Turkic) and demir “iron; firmness” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Aydemir?

Ay·de·mir, 3 syllables; IPA: /ajdeˈmiɾ/.