Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 700

Bengü

Bengü /benˈɡy/ ASCII Bengu

“eternal, everlasting”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Initial
B
Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Bengü?

Bengü

IPA /benˈɡy/

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

What does the surname Bengü mean?

Bengü means ‘eternal, everlasting’ and goes back to Old Turkic beŋgü; the phrase bengü taş ‘eternal stone’ in the Orkhon inscriptions uses this word. According to Nişanyan Adlar, Bengi was the settled Istanbul pronunciation, but the archaic form Bengü was promoted during the language reform of the 1930s.1

What is Bengü made of?

Bengü is a single root: bengi (eternal, everlasting).

Bengü root bengi eternal, everlasting TURKIC bengi “eternal, everlasting” Bengü bengi root eternal, everlasting bengi TURKIC “eternal, everlasting”
Bengü: parts and root words
  • bengi Turkic — eternal, everlasting1

How was the name Bengü formed?

Bengü belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Bengü?

Bengü Mengi Bengisu Bengütaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Mengi same root – –
02 Bengisu same root – –
03 Bengütaş same root – –

How else is Bengü spelled?

Bengispelling

Who are some well-known people named Bengü?

  1. Vedat Örfi Bengü actor 1899–1953
  2. Bilgen Bengü actor 1957–
  3. Gölgen Bengü actor 1955–
  4. Kenan Bengü volleyball player 1961–
  5. Mehmet Cemil Bengü politician 1914–1958
  6. Aydın Şükrü Bengu researcher
  7. Sibusiso Bengu politician 1934–2024

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

Is Bengü also a first name?

Yes. Bengü is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “eternal, everlasting”.

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

How is Bengü written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records the name often loses its diacritics and appears as Bengu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bengi accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bengü accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Bengü 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 Bengü

Q1

What does the surname Bengü mean?

Bengü means ‘eternal, everlasting’ and goes back to Old Turkic beŋgü; the phrase bengü taş ‘eternal stone’ in the Orkhon inscriptions uses this word. According to Nişanyan Adlar, Bengi was the settled Istanbul pronunciation, but the archaic form Bengü was promoted during the language reform of the 1930s.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bengü?

The root word of Bengü is bengi (Turkic): “eternal, everlasting”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bengü?

Ben·gü, 2 syllables; IPA: /benˈɡy/.