Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 811

Bozbey

Bozbey /bozˈbej/

“the grey lord”1

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

How do you pronounce Bozbey?

Bozbey

IPA /bozˈbej/

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

What does the surname Bozbey mean?

Formed from boz and bey: “the grey lord”. Boz is an old Turkic colour word for grey or the light colour of earth, frequent in names such as Bozkurt and Bozdağ. Bey is the title “lord, chief”, from Old Turkic beg.1,2

Grammar Compound of boz + bey.

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

What is Bozbey made of?

Bozbey breaks into 2 parts: boz (grey, dun; untilled) + bey (lord, chief).

Bozbey ++ first element boz grey, dun; untilled TURKIC boz “grey, dun” suffix bey lord, chief TURKIC bey “lord, master; Old Turkicbeg” Bozbey boz first element grey, dun; untilled boz TURKIC “grey, dun” bey suffix lord, chief bey TURKIC “lord, master; Old Turkic beg”
Bozbey: parts and root words
  • boz Turkic — grey, dun1
  • bey Turkic — lord, master; Old Turkic beg2

How was the name Bozbey formed?

Bozbey belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (boz + bey).

Which surnames are related to Bozbey?

Bozbey Bozkurt Boz Bozdağ Boztepe Özbey Bey Bozok Bozer Bozbay Bozkaya Beyhan Bozoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bozkurt same root – –
02 Boz same root – –
03 Bozdağ same root – –
04 Boztepe same root – –
05 Özbey same root – –
06 Bey same root – –
07 Bozok same root – –
08 Bozer same root – –
09 Bozbay same root – –
10 Bozkaya same root – –
11 Beyhan same root – –
12 Bozoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bozbey?

  1. Hasan Bozbey amateur wrestler 1928–
  2. Alara Bozbey actor 1986–
  3. Mustafa Bozbey politician 1962–
  4. Ali Bozbey university teacher 1979–
  5. Burak Bozbey association football player 2003–
  6. Gönen Bozbey actor 1957–
  7. İbrahim Bozbey association football referee

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: boz accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bey 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bozbey

Q1

What does the surname Bozbey mean?

Formed from boz and bey: “the grey lord”. Boz is an old Turkic colour word for grey or the light colour of earth, frequent in names such as Bozkurt and Bozdağ. Bey is the title “lord, chief”, from Old Turkic beg.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bozbey?

The root word of Bozbey is boz (Turkic): “grey, dun”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bozbey?

Boz·bey, 2 syllables; IPA: /bozˈbej/.