Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bozyiğit

Bozyiğit /bozjiˈjit/ ASCII Bozyigit

“grey hero”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
B
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 Bozyiğit?

Bozyiğit

IPA /bozjiˈjit/

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

What does the surname Bozyiğit mean?

Formed from boz “grey” and yiğit “brave young man”: “the grey hero”. Boz is an old colour word also seen in names like Bozkurt; a yiğit is a man who combines courage with generosity.1,2

Grammar boz + yiğit

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

What is Bozyiğit made of?

Bozyiğit is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: boz (boz: grey) + yiğit (yiğit: brave young man).

Bozyiğit + first element boz boz: grey TURKIC boz “grey, dun” root yiğit yiğit: brave young man TURKIC yiğit “brave, stout-hearted man” Bozyiğit boz first element boz: grey boz TURKIC “grey, dun” yiğit root yiğit: brave young man yiğit TURKIC “brave, stout-hearted man”
Bozyiğit: parts and root words
  • boz Turkic — grey, dun2
  • yiğit Turkic — brave, stout-hearted man1

How was the name Bozyiğit formed?

Bozyiğit was formed by joining boz (“boz: grey”) and yiğit (“yiğit: brave young man”).

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

Which surnames are related to Bozyiğit?

Bozyiğit Bozkurt Yiğit Boz Koçyiğit Bozdağ Boztepe Bozok Bozer Bozbay Bozbey Bozkaya Özyiğit
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 Yiğit same root – –
03 Boz same root – –
04 Koçyiğit same root – –
05 Bozdağ same root – –
06 Boztepe same root – –
07 Bozok same root – –
08 Bozer same root – –
09 Bozbay same root – –
10 Bozbey same root – –
11 Bozkaya same root – –
12 Özyiğit same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bozyiğit?

  1. Mehpare Bozyiğit-Kirchmann writer 2000–

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

How is Bozyiğit written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign documents the name is usually written Bozyigit.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yiğit accessed 9 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 Bozyiğit

Q1

What does the surname Bozyiğit mean?

Formed from boz “grey” and yiğit “brave young man”: “the grey hero”. Boz is an old colour word also seen in names like Bozkurt; a yiğit is a man who combines courage with generosity.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bozyiğit?

Bozyiğit is made up of two elements: boz “grey, dun” (Turkic) and yiğit “brave, stout-hearted man” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bozyiğit?

Boz·yi·ğit, 3 syllables; IPA: /bozjiˈjit/.