Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 553

Bahçekapılı

Bahçekapılı /bahtʃekapɯˈɫɯ/ ASCII Bahcekapili

“from Bahçekapı”2

Letters / syllables
11 / 5
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
B
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 Bahçekapılı?

Bahçekapılı

IPA /bahtʃekapɯˈɫɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bahçekapılı mean?

Bahçekapılı means ‘from Bahçekapı’. Bahçekapı, ‘garden gate’, is a place name, borne for instance by a village near Elazığ. Bahçe comes from Persian bāġça, kapı from Old Turkic kapıġ.2,3

Grammar bahçe + kapı + -lı.

That Bahçekapılı goes back to bahçe and kapı is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bahçekapılı made of?

Bahçekapılı breaks into 3 parts: bahçe (bahçe: garden) + kapı (kapı: gate, door) + -lı (-lı: from (a place)).

Bahçekapılı ++ root bahçe bahçe: garden PERSIAN bahçe “garden” root kapı kapı: gate, door TURKIC kapı “door, gate” suffix -lı -lı: from (a place) Bahçekapılı bahçe root bahçe: garden bahçe PERSIAN “garden” kapı root kapı: gate, door kapı TURKIC “door, gate” -lı suffix -lı: from (a place)
Bahçekapılı: parts and root words
  • bahçe Persian — garden2
  • kapı Turkic — door, gate3

How was the name Bahçekapılı formed?

Bahçekapılı belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (bahçe + kapı + -lı).

Which surnames are related to Bahçekapılı?

Bahçekapılı Bahçeci Bahçeli
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bahçeci same root – –
02 Bahçeli same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bahçekapılı?

  1. Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı politician 1954–
  2. Alaettin Bahçekapılı writer 1948–
  3. Tuğba Bahçekapılı academic

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

How is Bahçekapılı written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Bahcekapili.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Bahçekapı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bahçe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kapı 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 Bahçekapılı

Q1

What does the surname Bahçekapılı mean?

Bahçekapılı means ‘from Bahçekapı’. Bahçekapı, ‘garden gate’, is a place name, borne for instance by a village near Elazığ. Bahçe comes from Persian bāġça, kapı from Old Turkic kapıġ.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bahçekapılı?

The root word of Bahçekapılı is bahçe (Turkic): “garden”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bahçekapılı?

Bah·çe·ka·pı·lı, 5 syllables; IPA: /bahtʃekapɯˈɫɯ/.