Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 785

Bal

/baɫ/

“honey”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Bal?

Bal

IPA /baɫ/

What does the surname Bal mean?

Bal is honey, the sweet substance bees make from nectar and store in the comb. In Turkish it stands for sweetness and charm: “bal gibi” means both ‘sweet as honey’ and ‘truly, perfectly’. The word is attested in the same form in Old Oghuz.2

Bal is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bal made of?

Bal is a single Turkic root: bal (honey).

Bal root bal honey TURKIC bal “honey (Old Oghuz bal)” Bal bal root honey bal TURKIC “honey (Old Oghuz bal)”
Bal: parts and root words
  • bal Turkic — honey (Old Oghuz bal)2

How was the name Bal formed?

Bal is the word bal (“honey”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Bal?

Bal Balcı Akbal Baloğlu Balcıoğlu Ballı Balkaya Özbal Balbay Arıbal Baler Kayabalı Balım
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Balcı same root – –
02 Akbal same root – –
03 Baloğlu same root – –
04 Balcıoğlu same root – –
05 Ballı same root – –
06 Balkaya same root – –
07 Özbal same root – –
08 Balbay same root – –
09 Arıbal same root – –
10 Baler same root – –
11 Kayabalı same root – –
12 Balım same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Bal most common?

Bal is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 30th in Amasya.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya · rank 30 · 1,105 people Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2018
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Bal: rank by province, 2018 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Amasya301,105

Who are some well-known people named Bal?

  1. Duygu Bal volleyball player 1987–
  2. Bülent Bal association football player 1977–
  3. Emre Bal association football player 1997–
  4. İdris Bal politician 1968–
  5. Faruk Bal politician 1950–
  6. Şenol Bal politician 1956–
  7. Yusuf Bal writer 1975–
  8. Ahmet Bal association football player 1968–

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

Is Bal also a first name?

Yes. Bal is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “honey”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bal accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bal 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Bal

Q1

What does the surname Bal mean?

Bal is honey, the sweet substance bees make from nectar and store in the comb. In Turkish it stands for sweetness and charm: “bal gibi” means both ‘sweet as honey’ and ‘truly, perfectly’. The word is attested in the same form in Old Oghuz.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bal?

The root word of Bal is bal (Turkic): “honey (Old Oghuz bal)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bal?

Bal, 1 syllable; IPA: /baɫ/.