Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Büyükgüngör

Büyükgüngör /byjycɟynˈɟøɾ/ ASCII Buyukgungor

“great Güngör (‘see good days’)”2

Letters / syllables
11 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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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 Büyükgüngör?

Büyükgüngör

IPA /byjycɟynˈɟøɾ/

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

What does the surname Büyükgüngör mean?

A compound of büyük “great” and the name Güngör. Güngör joins gün “day” with gör, the imperative of görmek “to see”; in Turkish gün görmek means to live happy, comfortable days, and the name carries that wish. It reads “great Güngör”.1,2

Grammar büyük + gün + gör-

That Büyükgüngör goes back to büyük and Güngör is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Büyükgüngör made of?

Büyükgüngör is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: büyük (büyük: great, big) + Güngör (Güngör: “see (good) days”; male name).

Büyükgüngör + first element büyük büyük: great, big TURKIC büyük “great, big” root Güngör Güngör: “see (good)days”; male name TURKIC Güngör “gün + gör-, ‘may you seehappy days’” Büyükgüngör büyük first element büyük: great, big büyük TURKIC “great, big” Güngör root Güngör: “see (good) days”; male name Güngör TURKIC “gün + gör-, ‘may you see happydays’”
Büyükgüngör: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — great, big2
  • Güngör Turkic — gün + gör-, “may you see happy days”1

How was the name Büyükgüngör formed?

Büyükgüngör was formed by joining büyük (“büyük: great, big”) and Güngör (“Güngör: “see (good) days”; male name”).

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

Which surnames are related to Büyükgüngör?

Büyükgüngör Güngör 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 Güngör 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 Büyükgüngör?

  1. Mehmet Büyükgüngör actor 1902–1974
  2. Orhan Büyükgüngör researcher

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

How is Büyükgüngör written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign documents the name is usually written Buyukgungor.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Güngör accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: büyük 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 Büyükgüngör

Q1

What does the surname Büyükgüngör mean?

A compound of büyük “great” and the name Güngör. Güngör joins gün “day” with gör, the imperative of görmek “to see”; in Turkish gün görmek means to live happy, comfortable days, and the name carries that wish. It reads “great Güngör”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyükgüngör?

Büyükgüngör is made up of two elements: büyük “great, big” (Turkic) and Güngör ‘gün + gör-, “may you see happy days”’ (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyükgüngör?

Bü·yük·gün·gör, 4 syllables; IPA: /byjycɟynˈɟøɾ/.