Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bulutoğlu

Bulutoğlu /buɫutoːˈɫu/ ASCII Bulutoglu

“son of Bulut (‘cloud’)”1

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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 Bulutoğlu?

Bulutoğlu

IPA /buɫutoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bulutoğlu mean?

Bulutoğlu is made of bulut and -oğlu: ‘son of Bulut’. Bulut means ‘cloud’ and is also used as a male given name in Turkish. The word goes back to Old Turkic bulıt.1

Grammar bulut + -oğlu.

What is Bulutoğlu made of?

Bulutoğlu is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bulut (bulut: cloud; personal name) + -oğlu (-oğlu: son of).

Bulutoğlu + root bulut bulut: cloud; personalname TURKIC bulut “cloud” suffix -oğlu -oğlu: son of Bulutoğlu bulut root bulut: cloud; personal name bulut TURKIC “cloud” -oğlu suffix -oğlu: son of
Bulutoğlu: parts and root words
  • bulut Turkic — cloud1

How was the name Bulutoğlu formed?

Bulutoğlu was formed by adding -oğlu, “son of”, to bulut (“bulut: cloud; personal name”).

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

Which surnames are related to Bulutoğlu?

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

Who are some well-known people named Bulutoğlu?

  1. Yusuf Kenan Bulutoğlu politician 1931–2020
  2. Beyza Bulutoğlu researcher

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

How is Bulutoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Bulutoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bulut accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bulut 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 Bulutoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Bulutoğlu mean?

Bulutoğlu is made of bulut and -oğlu: ‘son of Bulut’. Bulut means ‘cloud’ and is also used as a male given name in Turkish. The word goes back to Old Turkic bulıt.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bulutoğlu?

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

How do you pronounce Bulutoğlu?

Bu·lu·toğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /buɫutoːˈɫu/.