Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 591

Barış

Barış /baˈɾɯʃ/ ASCII Baris

“peace”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6As a first name
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Barış?

Barış

IPA /baˈɾɯʃ/

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

What does the surname Barış mean?

Barış is peace: the end of war or of a quarrel, a state of reconciliation and calm. It rests on an old Turkic root shared with the verb barışmak “to make peace”. It is a popular male given name of the Republican era.1

Barış is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Barış made of?

Barış is a single root: barış (barış: peace; reconciliation).

Barış root barış barış: peace;reconciliation TURKIC barış “peace, reconciliation;Proto-Turkic *baŕ” Barış barış root barış: peace; reconciliation barış TURKIC “peace, reconciliation;Proto-Turkic *baŕ”
Barış: parts and root words
  • barış Turkic — peace, reconciliation; Proto-Turkic *baŕ1

How was the name Barış formed?

Barış belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Who are some well-known people named Barış?

  1. Deniz Barış association football player 1977–
  2. Ömer Aysan Barış association football player 1982–
  3. Ozan Barış tennis player 2004–
  4. Hakan Barış association football player 1994–
  5. Ali Efe Barış basketball player 2001–
  6. Tansel Barış politician 1952–
  7. Ayşe Bayri Barış researcher
  8. Gökmen Barış basketball player

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

Is Barış also a first name?

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

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

How is Barış written and pronounced abroad?

In databases without Turkish characters it usually appears as Baris.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: barış accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Barış

Q1

What does the surname Barış mean?

Barış is peace: the end of war or of a quarrel, a state of reconciliation and calm. It rests on an old Turkic root shared with the verb barışmak “to make peace”. It is a popular male given name of the Republican era.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Barış?

The root word of Barış is barış (Turkic): “peace, reconciliation; Proto-Turkic *baŕ”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Barış?

Ba·rış, 2 syllables; IPA: /baˈɾɯʃ/.