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Bulut

Bulut /buˈɫut/

“cloud”2

Province lists
271
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Bulut?

Bulut

IPA /buˈɫut/

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

What does the surname Bulut mean?

Bulut is a cloud, the mass of water droplets and ice crystals hanging in the sky; the word goes back to Proto-Turkic *bulït. As the herald of rain that brings plenty, it is a well-liked image. It is also used as a male given name.2

Bulut is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bulut made of?

Bulut is a single Turkic root: bulut (cloud).

Bulut root bulut cloud TURKIC bulut “cloud” Bulut bulut root cloud bulut TURKIC “cloud”
Bulut: parts and root words
  • bulut Turkic — cloud2

How was the name Bulut formed?

Bulut is the word bulut (“cloud”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Bulut?

Bulut Akbulut Karabulut Gökbulut Bulutoğlu Bulutoğluları
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbulut same root – –
02 Karabulut same root – –
03 Gökbulut same root – –
04 Bulutoğlu same root – –
05 Bulutoğluları same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Bulut most common?

Bulut is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 27 provinces; its best rank is 8th in Kars.1

Adana · rank 19 · 7,315 people Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı · rank 27 · 2,130 people Amasya · rank 30 · 1,129 people Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl · rank 9 · 1,345 people Bitlis · rank 22 · 1,133 people Bolu · rank 27 · 1,058 people Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı · rank 30 · 648 people Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne · rank 27 · 1,167 people Elazığ · rank 12 · 4,368 people Erzincan · rank 20 · 952 people Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep · rank 30 · 7,320 people Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin · rank 24 · 6,260 people Istanbul Izmir · rank 30 · 11,145 people Kars · rank 8 · 2,127 people Kastamonu Kayseri · rank 20 · 5,101 people Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya · rank 26 · 2,330 people Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin · rank 24 · 3,447 people Muğla · rank 23 · 3,352 people Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas · rank 18 · 3,032 people Tekirdağ · rank 28 · 3,215 people Tokat Trabzon · rank 24 · 3,889 people Tunceli · rank 13 · 569 people Şanlıurfa · rank 27 · 7,836 people Uşak Van Yozgat · rank 17 · 2,269 people Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak · rank 30 · 1,693 people Bartın Ardahan · rank 28 · 409 people Iğdır · rank 25 · 714 people Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 27
  • Not listed
Bulut: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Izmir3011,145
02Şanlıurfa277,836
03Gaziantep307,320
04Adana197,315
05Mersin246,260
06Kayseri205,101

Who are some well-known people named Bulut?

  1. Umut Bulut association football player 1983–
  2. Gamze Bulut middle-distance runner 1992–
  3. Erol Bulut association football player 1975–
  4. Kerem Bulut association football player 1992–
  5. Onur Bulut association football player 1994–
  6. Talât Bulut actor 1956–
  7. Yiğit Bulut journalist 1972–2025
  8. Sunay Bulut athlete 1967–

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

Is Bulut also a first name?

Yes. Bulut is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “cloud”.

Bulut as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bulut accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bulut 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Bulut

Q1

What does the surname Bulut mean?

Bulut is a cloud, the mass of water droplets and ice crystals hanging in the sky; the word goes back to Proto-Turkic *bulït. As the herald of rain that brings plenty, it is a well-liked image. It is also used as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bulut?

The root word of Bulut is bulut (Turkic): “cloud”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bulut?

Bu·lut, 2 syllables; IPA: /buˈɫut/.