Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 736

Beyhan

Beyhan /bejˈhan/

“lord and khan”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
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 Beyhan?

Beyhan

IPA /bejˈhan/

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

What does the surname Beyhan mean?

Beyhan joins two old Turkic titles, bey ‘lord, chief’ and han ‘ruler, khan’. It is used as a given name for both sexes; one of the daughters of Sultan Selim I was named Beyhan Sultan.1,3

Grammar bey + han.

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

What is Beyhan made of?

Beyhan breaks into 2 parts: bey (bey: lord, chief) + han (han: khan, ruler).

Beyhan + root bey bey: lord, chief TURKIC bey “lord, chief; honorific” root han han: khan, ruler TURKIC han “khan, ruler; reducedform of kağan” Beyhan bey root bey: lord, chief bey TURKIC “lord, chief; honorific” han root han: khan, ruler han TURKIC “khan, ruler; reduced form ofkağan”
Beyhan: parts and root words
  • bey Turkic — lord, chief; honorific1
  • han Turkic — khan, ruler; reduced form of kağan3

How was the name Beyhan formed?

Beyhan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (bey + han).

Which surnames are related to Beyhan?

Beyhan Karahan İlhan Orhan Ayhan Demirhan Erhan Bayhan Özhan Özbey Yıldızhan Bey Bozbey
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 Özbey same root – –
10 Yıldızhan same root – –
11 Bey same root – –
12 Bozbey same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Beyhan?

  1. Mehmet Ali Beyhan statesperson 1953–
  2. Emre Beyhan researcher
  3. Mehmet Beyhan researcher
  4. Selami Beyhan researcher

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

Is Beyhan also a first name?

Yes. Beyhan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “lord and khan”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Beyhan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wikipedia: Beyhan Sultan (daughter of Selim I) accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: han 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 Beyhan

Q1

What does the surname Beyhan mean?

Beyhan joins two old Turkic titles, bey ‘lord, chief’ and han ‘ruler, khan’. It is used as a given name for both sexes; one of the daughters of Sultan Selim I was named Beyhan Sultan.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Beyhan?

The root word of Beyhan is bey (Turkic): “lord, chief; honorific”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Beyhan?

Bey·han, 2 syllables; IPA: /bejˈhan/.