Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 540

Bademsoy

Bademsoy /bademˈsoj/

“almond lineage”1

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

How do you pronounce Bademsoy?

Bademsoy

IPA /bademˈsoj/

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

What does the surname Bademsoy mean?

Bademsoy combines badem ‘almond’, a loan from Persian, with Turkish soy ‘lineage’. The almond tree has white or pale pink blossom, and in Turkish poetry almond eyes are a figure of beauty. The compound reads as ‘almond lineage’.1,2

Grammar badem (Persian) + soy (Turkic).

That Bademsoy goes back to badem and soy is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bademsoy made of?

Bademsoy breaks into 2 parts: badem (badem: almond) + soy (soy: lineage, descent).

Bademsoy + root badem badem: almond PERSIAN badem “almond; almond tree” root soy soy: lineage, descent TURKIC soy “lineage, family, descent” Bademsoy badem root badem: almond badem PERSIAN “almond; almond tree” soy root soy: lineage, descent soy TURKIC “lineage, family, descent”
Bademsoy: parts and root words
  • badem Persian — almond; almond tree1
  • soy Turkic — lineage, family, descent2

How was the name Bademsoy formed?

Bademsoy belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (badem + soy).

Which surnames are related to Bademsoy?

Bademsoy Aksoy Gürsoy Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Atasoy Şensoy Soydan Soyer Yücesoy
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aksoy same root – –
02 Gürsoy same root – –
03 Ulusoy same root – –
04 Özsoy same root – –
05 Ersoy same root – –
06 Soysal same root – –
07 Soylu same root – –
08 Atasoy same root – –
09 Şensoy same root – –
10 Soydan same root – –
11 Soyer same root – –
12 Yücesoy same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bademsoy?

  1. Tayfun Bademsoy actor 1958–
  2. Aysun Bademsoy screenwriter 1960–
  3. Sabahat Bademsoy actor 1937–
  4. Mehmet Bademsoy actor

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: badem accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: soy accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bademsoy

Q1

What does the surname Bademsoy mean?

Bademsoy combines badem ‘almond’, a loan from Persian, with Turkish soy ‘lineage’. The almond tree has white or pale pink blossom, and in Turkish poetry almond eyes are a figure of beauty. The compound reads as ‘almond lineage’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bademsoy?

The root word of Bademsoy is badem (Turkic): “almond; almond tree”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bademsoy?

Ba·dem·soy, 3 syllables; IPA: /bademˈsoj/.