Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 941

Çakıcı

Çakıcı /tʃakɯˈdʒɯ/ ASCII Cakici

“penknife maker, cutler”1

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

How do you pronounce Çakıcı?

Çakıcı

IPA /tʃakɯˈdʒɯ/

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

What does the surname Çakıcı mean?

A çakıcı made or sold penknives (çakı); dictionaries also give “cutler”. In the Ottoman market cutlers belonged to the crafts that worked iron. A village in Dinar, Afyonkarahisar, bears the same name.1

Grammar çakı + agent suffix -cı.

Çakıcı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çakıcı made of?

Çakıcı breaks into 2 parts: çakı (çakı: penknife) + -cı (agent suffix).

Çakıcı + root çakı çakı: penknife TURKIC çakıcı “maker or seller ofpenknives; cutler” suffix -cı agent suffix Çakıcı çakı root çakı: penknife çakıcı TURKIC “maker or seller of penknives;cutler” -cı suffix agent suffix
Çakıcı: parts and root words
  • çakıcı Turkic — maker or seller of penknives; cutler1

How was the name Çakıcı formed?

Çakıcı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (çakı + -cı).

Who are some well-known people named Çakıcı?

  1. Alaettin Çakıcı criminal 1953–
  2. Mehmet Çakıcı politician 1966–
  3. Erdoğan Çakıcı actor 1937–2017
  4. Osman-Kubilay Cakici amateur wrestler 1992–
  5. Ahmet Çakıcı amateur wrestler 1963–2026
  6. Cengiz Çakıcı amateur wrestler 1977–
  7. İlknur Nihan Çakıcı swimmer 1996–
  8. İzel Deniz Pehlivan Çakıcı basketball official

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

How is Çakıcı written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is printed Cakici in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çakıcı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çakıcı

Q1

What does the surname Çakıcı mean?

A çakıcı made or sold penknives (çakı); dictionaries also give “cutler”. In the Ottoman market cutlers belonged to the crafts that worked iron. A village in Dinar, Afyonkarahisar, bears the same name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çakıcı?

The root word of Çakıcı is çakıcı (Turkic): “maker or seller of penknives; cutler”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çakıcı?

Ça·kı·cı, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃakɯˈdʒɯ/.