Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çağıran

Çağıran /tʃaːɯˈɾan/ ASCII Cagiran

“one who calls; one who sings out”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
back
Initial
Ç
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Çağıran?

Çağıran

IPA /tʃaːɯˈɾan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çağıran mean?

Çağıran is the participle of çağırmak, “one who calls”. The verb means not only to call someone over or invite them but also to sing out loud; türkü çağırmak, “to sing a folk song”, is still in use. Which sense the surname draws on is not documented.2

Grammar present participle of çağırmak (çağır- + -an)

That Çağıran goes back to çağırmak is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Çağıran made of?

Çağıran is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çağır- (çağırmak: to call; to invite; to sing aloud) + -an (present participle).

Çağıran + root çağır- çağırmak: to call; toinvite; to sing aloud TURKIC çağırmak “to call, to invite; tosing a song aloud” suffix -an present participle Çağıran çağır- root çağırmak: to call; to invite; to singaloud çağırmak TURKIC “to call, to invite; to sing asong aloud” -an suffix present participle
Çağıran: parts and root words
  • çağırmak Turkic — to call, to invite; to sing a song aloud2

How was the name Çağıran formed?

Çağıran was formed by adding the suffix -an (“present participle”) to the verb stem çağır- (“çağırmak: to call; to invite; to sing aloud”).

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

Which surnames are related to Çağıran?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çağrı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çağıran?

  1. Musa Çağıran association football player 1992–
  2. Merve Çağıran film actor 1992–
  3. Rahman Buğra Çağıran association football player 1995–
  4. Ahmet Çağıran association football player 1978–
  5. Zeynep Çağıran researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Çağıran accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çağırmak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çağırmak 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

Common questions about Çağıran

Q1

What does the surname Çağıran mean?

Çağıran is the participle of çağırmak, “one who calls”. The verb means not only to call someone over or invite them but also to sing out loud; türkü çağırmak, “to sing a folk song”, is still in use. Which sense the surname draws on is not documented.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çağıran?

The root word of Çağıran is çağırmak (Turkic): “to call, to invite; to sing a song aloud”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çağıran?

Ça·ğı·ran, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃaːɯˈɾan/.