Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bingül

Bingül /binˈɟyl/ ASCII Bingul

“a thousand roses”1

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

How do you pronounce Bingül?

Bingül

IPA /binˈɟyl/

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

What does the surname Bingül mean?

Bingül means ‘a thousand roses’: the Turkic numeral bin ‘thousand, very many’ stands before gül ‘rose’, a Persian loan. Bin here expresses abundance. It is also a girl’s name.1,2

Grammar bin (Turkic) + gül (Persian).

That Bingül goes back to bin and gül is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bingül made of?

Bingül combines Turkic and Persian elements in 2 parts: bin (bin: thousand; very many) + gül (gül: rose).

Bingül + root bin bin: thousand; very many TURKIC bin “thousand; a great many” root gül gül: rose PERSIAN gül “rose” Bingül bin root bin: thousand; very many bin TURKIC “thousand; a great many” gül root gül: rose gül PERSIAN “rose”
Bingül: parts and root words
  • bin Turkic — thousand; a great many1
  • gül Persian — rose2

How was the name Bingül formed?

Bingül was formed by joining bin (“bin: thousand; very many”) and gül (“gül: rose”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Bingül?

Bingül Gül Akgül Şengül Bingöl Ergül Özgül Gülşen Güllü Morgül Sarıgül Algül Gülay
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gül same root – –
02 Akgül same root – –
03 Şengül same root – –
04 Bingöl same root – –
05 Ergül same root – –
06 Özgül same root – –
07 Gülşen same root – –
08 Güllü same root – –
09 Morgül same root – –
10 Sarıgül same root – –
11 Algül same root – –
12 Gülay same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bingül?

  1. Birand Bingül television presenter 1974–
  2. Hüseyin Bingül politician 1892–1957
  3. Ahmet Bingül researcher 1989–
  4. Bilge Bingül actor
  5. Ekrem Bingül politician

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

Is Bingül also a first name?

Yes. Bingül is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “a thousand roses”.

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

How is Bingül written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Bingul.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bin accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gül accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Bingül accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bin accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gül accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Bingül

Q1

What does the surname Bingül mean?

Bingül means ‘a thousand roses’: the Turkic numeral bin ‘thousand, very many’ stands before gül ‘rose’, a Persian loan. Bin here expresses abundance. It is also a girl’s name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bingül?

Bingül is made up of two elements: bin “thousand; a great many” (Turkic) and gül “rose” (Persian).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bingül?

Bin·gül, 2 syllables; IPA: /binˈɟyl/.