Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bozyel

Bozyel /bozˈjel/

“grey wind”2

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 Bozyel?

Bozyel

IPA /bozˈjel/

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

What does the surname Bozyel mean?

Formed from boz and yel, the name gives the image of a “grey wind”, the dusky wind of the steppe. Yel continues Old Turkic yḗl “wind”, and boz is the colour word also found in bozkır “steppe” and bozkurt “grey wolf”.1,2

Grammar boz + yel.

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

What is Bozyel made of?

Bozyel is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: boz (grey, dun) + yel (wind).

Bozyel + root boz grey, dun TURKIC boz “grey; untilled” root yel wind TURKIC yel “wind” Bozyel boz root grey, dun boz TURKIC “grey; untilled” yel root wind yel TURKIC “wind”
Bozyel: parts and root words
  • boz Turkic — grey; untilled2
  • yel Turkic — wind1

How was the name Bozyel formed?

Bozyel was formed by joining boz (“grey, dun”) and yel (“wind”).

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

Which surnames are related to Bozyel?

Bozyel Bozkurt Boz Bozdağ Boztepe Karayel Bozok Bozer Bozbay Bozbey Bozkaya Akyel 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 Karayel same root – –
06 Bozok same root – –
07 Bozer same root – –
08 Bozbay same root – –
09 Bozbey same root – –
10 Bozkaya same root – –
11 Akyel same root – –
12 Bozoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bozyel?

  1. Damla Bozyel association football player 1998–
  2. Abbas Bozyel politician 1956–
  3. Dilan Bozyel photographer 1985–
  4. Duygu Bozyel botanist
  5. Mustafa Eray Bozyel researcher
  6. Serdar Bozyel researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yel accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: boz 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 Bozyel

Q1

What does the surname Bozyel mean?

Formed from boz and yel, the name gives the image of a “grey wind”, the dusky wind of the steppe. Yel continues Old Turkic yḗl “wind”, and boz is the colour word also found in bozkır “steppe” and bozkurt “grey wolf”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bozyel?

Bozyel is made up of two elements: boz “grey; untilled” (Turkic) and yel “wind” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bozyel?

Boz·yel, 2 syllables; IPA: /bozˈjel/.