Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bedirhan

Bedirhan /bediɾˈhan/

“lord full moon”2

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

How do you pronounce Bedirhan?

Bedirhan

IPA /bediɾˈhan/

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

What does the surname Bedirhan mean?

A male given name built from Bedir and han; Nişanyan’s dictionary of names glosses it ‘lord full moon’. Bedir comes from Arabic badr ‘full moon’; han is the Turkish title ‘ruler, khan’.1,2

Grammar Bedir + han.

That Bedirhan goes back to bedir and han is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bedirhan made of?

Bedirhan breaks into 2 parts: Bedir (full moon) + han (khan, ruler).

Bedirhan + root Bedir full moon ARABIC bedir “full moon” root han khan, ruler TURKIC han “khan, ruler” Bedirhan Bedir root full moon bedir ARABIC “full moon” han root khan, ruler han TURKIC “khan, ruler”
Bedirhan: parts and root words
  • bedir Arabic — full moon2
  • han Turkic — khan, ruler1

How was the name Bedirhan formed?

Bedirhan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (Bedir + han).

Which surnames are related to Bedirhan?

Bedirhan Karahan İlhan Orhan Ayhan Demirhan Erhan Bayhan Özhan Yıldızhan Bedir Gökhan Beyhan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karahan same root – –
02 İlhan same root – –
03 Orhan same root – –
04 Ayhan same root – –
05 Demirhan same root – –
06 Erhan same root – –
07 Bayhan same root – –
08 Özhan same root – –
09 Yıldızhan same root – –
10 Bedir same root – –
11 Gökhan same root – –
12 Beyhan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bedirhan?

  1. Celadet Ali Bedirhan writer 1893–1951
  2. Mehmet Salih Bedirhan writer 1873–1915

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

Is Bedirhan also a first name?

Yes. Bedirhan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “lord full moon”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Bedirhan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bedir accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Bedirhan 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 Bedirhan

Q1

What does the surname Bedirhan mean?

A male given name built from Bedir and han; Nişanyan’s dictionary of names glosses it ‘lord full moon’. Bedir comes from Arabic badr ‘full moon’; han is the Turkish title ‘ruler, khan’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bedirhan?

The root word of Bedirhan is bedir (Turkic): “full moon”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bedirhan?

Be·dir·han, 3 syllables; IPA: /bediɾˈhan/.