Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 822

Boztepe

Boztepe /bozteˈpe/

“grey hill”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
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 Boztepe?

Boztepe

IPA /bozteˈpe/

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

What does the surname Boztepe mean?

Boz ‘grey, dun’ joins tepe ‘hill’: ‘grey hill’, a bare, greyish rise. A district of Kırşehir and many settlements in Adana, Adıyaman and other provinces bear the name Boztepe, and the surname may reflect one of them.1,2

Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: boz + tepe.

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

What is Boztepe made of?

Boztepe breaks into 2 parts: boz (grey, dun) + tepe (hill).

Boztepe + first element boz grey, dun TURKIC boz “grey, dun” root tepe hill TURKIC tepe “hill” Boztepe boz first element grey, dun boz TURKIC “grey, dun” tepe root hill tepe TURKIC “hill”
Boztepe: parts and root words
  • boz Turkic — grey, dun1
  • tepe Turkic — hill2

How was the name Boztepe formed?

Boztepe belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (boz + tepe).

Which surnames are related to Boztepe?

Boztepe Bozkurt Boz Bozdağ Tepe Göktepe Bozok Karatepe Bozer Bozbay Bozbey Bozkaya 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 Tepe same root – –
05 Göktepe same root – –
06 Bozok same root – –
07 Karatepe same root – –
08 Bozer same root – –
09 Bozbay same root – –
10 Bozbey same root – –
11 Bozkaya same root – –
12 Bozoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Boztepe?

  1. Mehmet Boztepe association football player 1988–
  2. Emin Boztepe actor 1962–
  3. Barbaros Turgut Boztepe politician 1933–
  4. Feyzi Boztepe politician 1909–1982
  5. Fikret Özden Boztepe soldier 1937–2024
  6. Halil Boztepe politician 1884–1949
  7. Hasan Fehmi Boztepe politician 1927–
  8. Ziyada Boztepe taekwondo athlete 2000–

People surnamed Boztepe 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: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Boztepe 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

Common questions about Boztepe

Q1

What does the surname Boztepe mean?

Boz ‘grey, dun’ joins tepe ‘hill’: ‘grey hill’, a bare, greyish rise. A district of Kırşehir and many settlements in Adana, Adıyaman and other provinces bear the name Boztepe, and the surname may reflect one of them.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Boztepe?

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

How do you pronounce Boztepe?

Boz·te·pe, 3 syllables; IPA: /bozteˈpe/.