Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 768

Bahçeli

Bahçeli /bahtʃeˈli/ ASCII Bahceli

“with a garden”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
B
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 Bahçeli?

Bahçeli

IPA /bahtʃeˈli/

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

What does the surname Bahçeli mean?

Bahçeli means ‘having a garden’, from bahçe ‘garden’ with -li. Bahçe comes from Persian bāġča, a diminutive of bāġ ‘garden, vineyard’. Towns in Mersin and Niğde and a village in Artvin are called Bahçeli.1

Grammar bahçe + -li.

Bahçeli is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bahçeli made of?

Bahçeli is Persian in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bahçe (bahçe: garden) + -lı (-lı: from (a place); having).

Bahçeli + root bahçe bahçe: garden PERSIAN bahçe “garden; diminutive ofPersian bāġ” suffix -lı -lı: from (a place);having Bahçeli bahçe root bahçe: garden bahçe PERSIAN “garden; diminutive of Persianbāġ” -lı suffix -lı: from (a place); having
Bahçeli: parts and root words
  • bahçe Persian — garden; diminutive of Persian bāġ1

How was the name Bahçeli formed?

Bahçeli was formed by adding the suffix -lı (“-lı: from (a place); having”) to bahçe (“bahçe: garden”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Bahçeli?

Bahçeli Bahçeci Bahçekapılı Bahçecioğlu Bahçegül
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 Bahçekapılı same root – –
03 Bahçecioğlu same root – –
04 Bahçegül same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bahçeli?

  1. Devlet Bahçeli politician 1948–
  2. Emre Bahçeli association football player

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

Is Bahçeli also a first name?

Yes. Bahçeli is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “with a garden”.

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

How is Bahçeli written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Bahceli.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bahçe accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bahçeli accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bahçe accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bahçeli accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Bahçeli

Q1

What does the surname Bahçeli mean?

Bahçeli means ‘having a garden’, from bahçe ‘garden’ with -li. Bahçe comes from Persian bāġča, a diminutive of bāġ ‘garden, vineyard’. Towns in Mersin and Niğde and a village in Artvin are called Bahçeli.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bahçeli?

The root word of Bahçeli is bahçe (Persian): “garden; diminutive of Persian bāġ”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bahçeli?

Bah·çe·li, 3 syllables; IPA: /bahtʃeˈli/.