Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 795

Bostancı

Bostancı /bostanˈdʒɯ/ ASCII Bostanci

“market gardener; palace guard”3

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Bostancı?

Bostancı

IPA /bostanˈdʒɯ/

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

What does the surname Bostancı mean?

A bostancı works a vegetable garden or melon field; bostan is a word of Persian origin. In the Ottoman state the same title was borne by the corps that tended the palace gardens and in time guarded the palace and the shores.2,3

Grammar bostan + occupational suffix -cı.

Bostancı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bostancı made of?

Bostancı breaks into 2 parts: bostan (bostan: vegetable garden) + -cı (occupational suffix).

Bostancı ++ root bostan bostan: vegetable garden PERSIAN bostan “vegetable garden; melonfield” suffix -cı occupational suffix PERSIAN bostancı “market gardener; guardof the Ottoman palace…” Bostancı bostan root bostan: vegetable garden bostan PERSIAN “vegetable garden; melon field” -cı suffix occupational suffix bostancı PERSIAN “market gardener; guard of theOttoman palace gardens”
Bostancı: parts and root words
  • bostan Persian — vegetable garden; melon field3
  • bostancı Persian — market gardener; guard of the Ottoman palace gardens2

How was the name Bostancı formed?

Bostancı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (bostan + -cı).

Which surnames are related to Bostancı?

Bostancı Bostan Bostancıoğlu
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 Bostan same root – –
02 Bostancıoğlu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Bostancı most common?

Bostancı is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 23rd in Karabük.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük · rank 23 · 920 people Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Bostancı: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Karabük23920

Who are some well-known people named Bostancı?

  1. Naci Bostancı politician 1957–
  2. Egemen Bostancı journalist
  3. Alp Bostancı association football player
  4. Aslı Bostancı researcher 2000–
  5. Aykut Bostancı researcher
  6. Ayşegül Bostancı researcher
  7. Bülent Bostancı researcher
  8. Erdal Birol Bostancı researcher

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

How is Bostancı written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Bostanci in English and German records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bostancı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bostan 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bostancı

Q1

What does the surname Bostancı mean?

A bostancı works a vegetable garden or melon field; bostan is a word of Persian origin. In the Ottoman state the same title was borne by the corps that tended the palace gardens and in time guarded the palace and the shores.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bostancı?

The root word of Bostancı is bostan (Persian): “vegetable garden; melon field”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bostancı?

Bos·tan·cı, 3 syllables; IPA: /bostanˈdʒɯ/.