Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 662

Aydoğan

Aydoğan /ajdoˈan/ ASCII Aydogan

“born like the moon”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
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 Aydoğan?

Aydoğan

IPA /ajdoˈan/

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

What does the surname Aydoğan mean?

A male given name built from ay “moon” and doğan. Name dictionaries explain it as “one born like the moon”, taking doğan as the participle of doğmak “to be born, to rise”. A reading with doğan “falcon”, “moon falcon”, also exists.1,2,5

Grammar ay + doğan, read here as the -an participle of doğmak.

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

What is Aydoğan made of?

Aydoğan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ay (ay: moon; beauty) + doğan (doğan: rising, born; falcon).

Aydoğan +++ first element ay ay: moon; beauty TURKIC ay “the moon” suffix doğan doğan: rising, born;falcon TURKIC doğmak “to be born; (of acelestial body) to rise” TURKIC doğan “falcon used in hunting” Aydoğan ay first element ay: moon; beauty ay TURKIC “the moon” doğan suffix doğan: rising, born; falcon doğmak TURKIC “to be born; (of a celestialbody) to rise” doğan TURKIC “falcon used in hunting”
Aydoğan: parts and root words
  • ay Turkic — the moon1
  • doğmak Turkic — to be born; (of a celestial body) to rise5
  • doğan Turkic — falcon used in hunting2

How was the name Aydoğan formed?

Aydoğan was formed by adding the suffix doğan (“doğan: rising, born; falcon”) to ay (“ay: moon; beauty”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.8

Which surnames are related to Aydoğan?

Aydoğan Doğan Erdoğan Gündoğdu Akdoğan Aydoğdu Doğanay Gündoğan Özdoğan Erdoğdu Aydoğmuş Karadoğan Tandoğan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Doğan same root 12 485,906
02 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
03 Gündoğdu same root – –
04 Akdoğan same root – –
05 Aydoğdu same root – –
06 Doğanay same root – –
07 Gündoğan same root – –
08 Özdoğan same root – –
09 Erdoğdu same root – –
10 Aydoğmuş same root – –
11 Karadoğan same root – –
12 Tandoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Aydoğan?

  1. Sümeyre Aydoğan actor 1999–
  2. Oya Aydoğan actor 1957–2016
  3. Nursel Aydoğan human rights defender 1958–
  4. Emirhan Aydoğan association football player 1997–
  5. Oğuzhan Aydoğan association football player 1997–
  6. Taylan Aydoğan association football player 1983–
  7. Nilay Aydoğan basketball player 1992–2023
  8. Mustafa Aydoğan translator 1957–

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

Is Aydoğan also a first name?

Yes. Aydoğan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “born like the moon”.

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

How is Aydoğan written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Aydogan in English and German records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ay accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: doğan accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Aydoğan accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Aydoğan accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: doğmak accessed 9 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: doğan accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  10. 10 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Aydoğan

Q1

What does the surname Aydoğan mean?

A male given name built from ay “moon” and doğan. Name dictionaries explain it as “one born like the moon”, taking doğan as the participle of doğmak “to be born, to rise”. A reading with doğan “falcon”, “moon falcon”, also exists.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aydoğan?

Three elements combine in Aydoğan: ay “the moon” (Turkic), doğmak “to be born; (of a celestial body) to rise” (Turkic) and doğan “falcon used in hunting” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Aydoğan?

Ay·do·ğan, 3 syllables; IPA: /ajdoˈan/.