Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Büyükbayrak

Büyükbayrak /byjycbajˈɾak/ ASCII Buyukbayrak

“great flag”1

Letters / syllables
11 / 4
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 Büyükbayrak?

Büyükbayrak

IPA /byjycbajˈɾak/

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

What does the surname Büyükbayrak mean?

“Great flag”. Bayrak comes from Old Turkic batrak, “lance, pennant tied to a lance”, and now means the flag that symbolises a nation or group. The element büyük, “big”, is also used to tell apart families with the same name.1

Grammar compound büyük + bayrak

That Büyükbayrak goes back to bedük and batrak is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Büyükbayrak made of?

Büyükbayrak is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: büyük (büyük: big, great) + bayrak (bayrak: flag, banner).

Büyükbayrak + root büyük büyük: big, great TURKIC bedük “big” root bayrak bayrak: flag, banner TURKIC batrak “lance, lance pennant” Büyükbayrak büyük root büyük: big, great bedük TURKIC “big” bayrak root bayrak: flag, banner batrak TURKIC “lance, lance pennant”
Büyükbayrak: parts and root words
  • bedük Turkic — big1
  • batrak Turkic — lance, lance pennant1

How was the name Büyükbayrak formed?

Büyükbayrak was formed by joining büyük (“büyük: big, great”) and bayrak (“bayrak: flag, banner”).

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

Which surnames are related to Büyükbayrak?

Büyükbayrak Albayrak Bayrak Bayraktar Büyük Bayrakdar Bayrakçı Bayraklı Bayraktutan Bedük Büyükburç Gözübüyük Akbayrak
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Albayrak same root – –
02 Bayrak same root – –
03 Bayraktar same root – –
04 Büyük same root – –
05 Bayrakdar same root – –
06 Bayrakçı same root – –
07 Bayraklı same root – –
08 Bayraktutan same root – –
09 Bedük same root – –
10 Büyükburç same root – –
11 Gözübüyük same root – –
12 Akbayrak same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyükbayrak?

  1. Berkay Büyükbayrak basketball player 2000–
  2. Erman Büyükbayrak basketball player 1987–
  3. Hakan Büyükbayrak basketball player

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

How is Büyükbayrak written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records without Turkish letters it usually appears as Buyukbayrak.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: büyük accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bayrak 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 Büyükbayrak

Q1

What does the surname Büyükbayrak mean?

“Great flag”. Bayrak comes from Old Turkic batrak, “lance, pennant tied to a lance”, and now means the flag that symbolises a nation or group. The element büyük, “big”, is also used to tell apart families with the same name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyükbayrak?

Büyükbayrak is made up of two elements: bedük “big” (Turkic) and batrak “lance, lance pennant” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyükbayrak?

Bü·yük·bay·rak, 4 syllables; IPA: /byjycbajˈɾak/.