Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 548

Bağrıaçık

Bağrıaçık /baːɾɯaˈtʃɯk/ ASCII Bagriacik

“open-breasted”3

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

How do you pronounce Bağrıaçık?

Bağrıaçık

IPA /baːɾɯaˈtʃɯk/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bağrıaçık mean?

Bağrı açık means literally ‘whose breast is open’: the possessive form of bağır ‘breast, bosom’ plus the adjective açık ‘open’. It is a nickname pattern; in Turkish the bağır is also thought of as the seat of feeling. Both words are inherited Turkic.2,3

Grammar bağır + possessive -ı (bağrı, with vowel loss) + açık.

That Bağrıaçık goes back to bağır and açık is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bağrıaçık made of?

Bağrıaçık breaks into 2 parts: bağrı (his/her breast) + açık (open).

Bağrıaçık + root bağrı his/her breast TURKIC bağır “breast, bosom” root açık open TURKIC açık “open” Bağrıaçık bağrı root his/her breast bağır TURKIC “breast, bosom” açık root open açık TURKIC “open”
Bağrıaçık: parts and root words
  • bağır Turkic — breast, bosom3
  • açık Turkic — open2

How was the name Bağrıaçık formed?

Bağrıaçık belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (bağrı + açık).

Which surnames are related to Bağrıaçık?

Bağrıaçık Açıkgöz Açıkalın Açıkel Açıksöz Alnıaçık Eliaçık Gözüaçık Açıkbaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Açıkgöz same root – –
02 Açıkalın same root – –
03 Açıkel same root – –
04 Açıksöz same root – –
05 Alnıaçık same root – –
06 Eliaçık same root – –
07 Gözüaçık same root – –
08 Açıkbaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bağrıaçık?

  1. Almila Bağrıaçık actor 1990–
  2. Mustafa Bağrıaçık politician 1923–1983
  3. İpek Bağrıaçık actor 1985–

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

How is Bağrıaçık written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Bagriacik in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bağır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: açık accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bağır 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

Common questions about Bağrıaçık

Q1

What does the surname Bağrıaçık mean?

Bağrı açık means literally ‘whose breast is open’: the possessive form of bağır ‘breast, bosom’ plus the adjective açık ‘open’. It is a nickname pattern; in Turkish the bağır is also thought of as the seat of feeling. Both words are inherited Turkic.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bağrıaçık?

The root word of Bağrıaçık is bağır (Turkic): “breast, bosom”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bağrıaçık?

Bağ·rı·a·çık, 4 syllables; IPA: /baːɾɯaˈtʃɯk/.