Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Büyükataman

Büyükataman /byjykataˈman/ ASCII Buyukataman

“great Ataman”1

Letters / syllables
11 / 5
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 Büyükataman?

Büyükataman

IPA /byjykataˈman/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Büyükataman mean?

A compound of büyük “great” and the name Ataman. Ataman is used as a male given name in Türkiye and is popularly linked to ata “ancestor, father”; Nişanyan, however, traces the word to ataman, the title of a Cossack chief, which he derives from German Hauptmann “commander”, and calls the link with ata arbitrary. The name reads “great Ataman”.1

Grammar büyük + Ataman

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. Popular reading: ata “ancestor” + -man, “elder-like, venerable”.
  2. Nişanyan Sözlük: ataman is the title of a Cossack chief, ultimately from German Hauptmann “commander”; the link with ata is arbitrary.

What is Büyükataman made of?

Büyükataman is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: büyük (büyük: big, great) + Ataman (Ataman: male name; title of a Cossack chief).

Büyükataman + first element büyük büyük: big, great TURKIC büyük “big, great” root Ataman Ataman: male name; titleof a Cossack chief OTHER ataman “title of a Cossackchief; per Nişanyan…” Büyükataman büyük first element büyük: big, great büyük TURKIC “big, great” Ataman root Ataman: male name; title of a Cossackchief ataman OTHER “title of a Cossack chief; perNişanyan from German Hauptmann”
Büyükataman: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — big, great1
  • ataman Other — title of a Cossack chief; per Nişanyan from German Hauptmann1

How was the name Büyükataman formed?

Büyükataman was formed by joining büyük (“büyük: big, great”) and Ataman (“Ataman: male name; title of a Cossack chief”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Büyükataman?

Büyükataman Ataman Büyük Büyükburç Gözübüyük Büyükaşık Büyükbayrak Büyükbayraktar Büyükkaya Başıbüyük Büyükatalay Büyükberber Büyükdoğan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Ataman same root – –
02 Büyük same root – –
03 Büyükburç same root – –
04 Gözübüyük same root – –
05 Büyükaşık same root – –
06 Büyükbayrak same root – –
07 Büyükbayraktar same root – –
08 Büyükkaya same root – –
09 Başıbüyük same root – –
10 Büyükatalay same root – –
11 Büyükberber same root – –
12 Büyükdoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyükataman?

  1. İsmet Büyükataman politician 1953–

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

How is Büyükataman written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign documents the name is usually written Buyukataman.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ataman accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Ataman accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Ataman accessed 9 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ataman accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Büyükataman

Q1

What does the surname Büyükataman mean?

A compound of büyük “great” and the name Ataman. Ataman is used as a male given name in Türkiye and is popularly linked to ata “ancestor, father”; Nişanyan, however, traces the word to ataman, the title of a Cossack chief, which he derives from German Hauptmann “commander”, and calls the link with ata arbitrary. The name reads “great Ataman”.
Q2

How do you pronounce Büyükataman?

Bü·yü·ka·ta·man, 5 syllables; IPA: /byjykataˈman/.