Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bıyıklı

Bıyıklı /bɯjɯkˈɫɯ/ ASCII Biyikli

“moustached”1

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Formation
Adjective
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Bıyıklı?

Bıyıklı

IPA /bɯjɯkˈɫɯ/

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

What does the surname Bıyıklı mean?

Bıyıklı means ‘moustached’, from bıyık ‘moustache’ with -lı. Villages and a town of this name exist in Antalya, Çanakkale and Aydın.1

Grammar bıyık + -lı.

Bıyıklı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bıyıklı made of?

Bıyıklı is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bıyık (bıyık: moustache) + -lı (-lı: from (a place); having).

Bıyıklı + root bıyık bıyık: moustache TURKIC bıyıklı “moustached” suffix -lı -lı: from (a place);having Bıyıklı bıyık root bıyık: moustache bıyıklı TURKIC “moustached” -lı suffix -lı: from (a place); having
Bıyıklı: parts and root words
  • bıyıklı Turkic — moustached1

How was the name Bıyıklı formed?

Bıyıklı was formed by adding the suffix -lı (“-lı: from (a place); having”) to bıyık (“bıyık: moustache”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Bıyıklı?

Bıyıklı Kocabıyık Karabıyık Bıyık Palabıyık Akbıyık Bıyıklıoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
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01 Kocabıyık same root – –
02 Karabıyık same root – –
03 Bıyık same root – –
04 Palabıyık same root – –
05 Akbıyık same root – –
06 Bıyıklıoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bıyıklı?

  1. Fahrettin Bıyıklı association football player 1988–
  2. Orhan Bıyıklı actor 1985–
  3. Antranik Bıyıklı basketball player

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

How is Bıyıklı written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Biyikli.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bıyıklı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bıyıklı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bıyıklı

Q1

What does the surname Bıyıklı mean?

Bıyıklı means ‘moustached’, from bıyık ‘moustache’ with -lı. Villages and a town of this name exist in Antalya, Çanakkale and Aydın.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bıyıklı?

The root word of Bıyıklı is bıyıklı (Turkic): “moustached”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bıyıklı?

Bı·yık·lı, 3 syllables; IPA: /bɯjɯkˈɫɯ/.