Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 647

Bayındır

Bayındır /bajɯnˈdɯɾ/ ASCII Bayindir

“Oghuz tribe name; prosperous”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
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 Bayındır?

Bayındır

IPA /bajɯnˈdɯɾ/

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

What does the surname Bayındır mean?

Bayındır is the name of an Oghuz tribe listed by Mahmud of Kashgar and included in Rashid al-Din’s list of twenty-four tribes; in the Book of Dede Korkut the khan of the Oghuz is called Bayındır Han. In modern Turkish bayındır is an adjective for a prosperous, well-developed place. It is also the name of a district of Izmir.2

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. Tribe name: Bayındır, one of the Oghuz tribes; the surname may come from this historical name or from place names derived from it.
  2. Adjective: bayındır ‘prosperous, well-developed’, possibly chosen as a positive quality.

Bayındır is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bayındır made of?

Bayındır is a single root: bayındır (name of an Oghuz tribe; prosperous, well-developed).

Bayındır + root bayındır name of an Oghuz tribe;prosperous,… TURKIC bayındır “prosperous,well-developed (of a…” TURKIC Bayındır “one of the Oghuz tribeslisted by Mahmud of…” Bayındır bayındır root name of an Oghuz tribe; prosperous,well-developed bayındır TURKIC “prosperous, well-developed (of aplace)” Bayındır TURKIC “one of the Oghuz tribes listedby Mahmud of Kashgar”
Bayındır: parts and root words
  • bayındır Turkic — prosperous, well-developed (of a place)2
  • Bayındır Turkic — one of the Oghuz tribes listed by Mahmud of Kashgar2

How was the name Bayındır formed?

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

Who are some well-known people named Bayındır?

  1. Altay Bayındır association football player 1998–
  2. Keskin Bayındır politician 1984–
  3. Ahmet Şükrü Bayındır politician 1875–1926
  4. Sevahir Bayındır politician 1969–
  5. Abdülaziz Bayındır writer 1951–
  6. Beta Berk Bayındır musician 1989–2022
  7. Atıf Bayındır politician 1883–1977
  8. Rauf Bayındır politician 1899–1981

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

Is Bayındır also a first name?

Yes. Bayındır is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “Oghuz tribe name; prosperous”.

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

How is Bayındır written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Bayindir in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bayındır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Bayındır accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Bayındır boyu 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
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bayındır

Q1

What does the surname Bayındır mean?

Bayındır is the name of an Oghuz tribe listed by Mahmud of Kashgar and included in Rashid al-Din’s list of twenty-four tribes; in the Book of Dede Korkut the khan of the Oghuz is called Bayındır Han. In modern Turkish bayındır is an adjective for a prosperous, well-developed place. It is also the name of a district of Izmir.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bayındır?

The root word of Bayındır is bayındır (Turkic): “prosperous, well-developed (of a place)”. There are 3 competing views on where Bayındır comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bayındır?

Ba·yın·dır, 3 syllables; IPA: /bajɯnˈdɯɾ/.