Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 792

Balık

Balık /baˈɫɯk/ ASCII Balik

“fish”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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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 Balık?

Balık

IPA /baˈɫɯk/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Balık mean?

Balık is the general word for fish, the gill-breathing, egg-laying vertebrates that live in water. It goes back to Proto-Turkic *bālık and lives on in all Turkic languages. The surname carries the animal’s name directly; it may have come from a nickname linked to fishing, but this is not documented.1

Balık is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Balık made of?

Balık is a single Turkic root: balık (fish).

Balık root balık fish TURKIC balık “fish; Proto-Turkic*bālık” Balık balık root fish balık TURKIC “fish; Proto-Turkic *bālık”
Balık: parts and root words
  • balık Turkic — fish; Proto-Turkic *bālık1

How was the name Balık formed?

Balık is the word balık (“fish”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Balık?

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

Who are some well-known people named Balık?

  1. Ezel Balık volleyball player 2009–
  2. Sermin Balık politician 1972–
  3. Gürcan Balık diplomat 1973–
  4. Ahmet Rıfat Balık researcher
  5. Ayşe Özlem Balık researcher
  6. Cemile Hurrem Balik Ayhan researcher
  7. Emre Balık researcher
  8. Mehmet Sabri Balık researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: balık accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Balık accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Balık (anlam ayrımı) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: balık accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: balık accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Balık

Q1

What does the surname Balık mean?

Balık is the general word for fish, the gill-breathing, egg-laying vertebrates that live in water. It goes back to Proto-Turkic *bālık and lives on in all Turkic languages. The surname carries the animal’s name directly; it may have come from a nickname linked to fishing, but this is not documented.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Balık?

The root word of Balık is balık (Turkic): “fish; Proto-Turkic *bālık”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Balık?

Ba·lık, 2 syllables; IPA: /baˈɫɯk/.