Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bostanoğlu

Bostanoğlu /bostanoːˈɫu/ ASCII Bostanoglu

“son of Bostan (vegetable garden)”1

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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 Bostanoğlu?

Bostanoğlu

IPA /bostanoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bostanoğlu mean?

Bostan is the Turkish word for a vegetable garden or melon field, borrowed from Persian būstān “garden”. The suffix -oğlu turns it into a family name: “son of Bostan” or “son of the one known by the garden”. Bostan was also used as an old male given name.1

Grammar bostan + -oğlu

That Bostanoğlu goes back to bostan and oğul is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Bostanoğlu made of?

Bostanoğlu combines Persian and Turkic elements in 2 parts: bostan (bostan: vegetable garden) + -oğlu (“son of”, family-name suffix).

Bostanoğlu ++ root bostan bostan: vegetable garden PERSIAN bostan “vegetable garden, melonfield” suffix -oğlu “son of”, family-namesuffix TURKIC oğul “son” Bostanoğlu bostan root bostan: vegetable garden bostan PERSIAN “vegetable garden, melon field” -oğlu suffix “son of”, family-name suffix oğul TURKIC “son”
Bostanoğlu: parts and root words
  • bostan Persian — vegetable garden, melon field1
  • oğul Turkic — son1

How was the name Bostanoğlu formed?

Bostanoğlu was formed by adding -oğlu, “son of”, to bostan (“bostan: vegetable garden”).

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

Which surnames are related to Bostanoğlu?

Bostanoğlu Bostancı Bostan Bostancıoğlu Bostanlık
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bostancı same root – –
02 Bostan same root – –
03 Bostancıoğlu same root – –
04 Bostanlık same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bostanoğlu?

  1. Recep Bülent Bostanoğlu soldier 1953–

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

How is Bostanoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign documents the name is usually written Bostanoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bostan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bostan 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 Bostanoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Bostanoğlu mean?

Bostan is the Turkish word for a vegetable garden or melon field, borrowed from Persian būstān “garden”. The suffix -oğlu turns it into a family name: “son of Bostan” or “son of the one known by the garden”. Bostan was also used as an old male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bostanoğlu?

Bostanoğlu is made up of two elements: bostan “vegetable garden, melon field” (Persian) and oğul “son” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bostanoğlu?

Bos·ta·noğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /bostanoːˈɫu/.