Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çamlıca

Çamlıca /t͡ʃamɫɯˈd͡ʒa/ ASCII Camlica

“pine-covered place; place name”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Place name
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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 Çamlıca?

Çamlıca

IPA /t͡ʃamɫɯˈd͡ʒa/

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

What does the surname Çamlıca mean?

Çamlıca is a place name meaning ‘a place with pines, pine-covered’; the hills on the Üsküdar side of Istanbul and many villages in Anatolia bear it. Nişanyan traces çam ‘pine’ to Middle Turkic şam aġacı ‘resin tree’ and further to Arabic šamʿ ‘wax, resin’.1

Grammar çam + -lı + -ca.

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

What is Çamlıca made of?

Çamlıca is Arabic in origin and breaks into 3 parts: çam (çam: pine) + -lı (-lı: with, having) + -ca (-ca: diminutive / place-name suffix).

Çamlıca ++ root çam çam: pine ARABIC šamʿ “wax, resin; via MiddleTurkic şam aġacı ‘resin…’” suffix -lı -lı: with, having suffix -ca -ca: diminutive /place-name suffix Çamlıca çam root çam: pine šamʿ ARABIC “wax, resin; via Middle Turkicşam aġacı ‘resin tree’” -lı suffix -lı: with, having -ca suffix -ca: diminutive / place-name suffix
Çamlıca: parts and root words
  • šamʿ Arabic — wax, resin; via Middle Turkic şam aġacı ‘resin tree’1

How was the name Çamlıca formed?

Çamlıca was formed by adding the suffix -lı (“-lı: with, having”) to çam (“çam: pine”).

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

Which surnames are related to Çamlıca?

Çamlıca Çam Çamcı Akçam Karaçam Çamkerten Çamlıbel Çambel Çamkıran Çamoğlu Çamdalı Şamlı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çam same root – –
02 Çamcı same root – –
03 Akçam same root – –
04 Karaçam same root – –
05 Çamkerten same root – –
06 Çamlıbel same root – –
07 Çambel same root – –
08 Çamkıran same root – –
09 Çamoğlu same root – –
10 Çamdalı same root – –
11 Şamlı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çamlıca?

  1. Mahmut Çamlıca researcher
  2. Süleyman Çamlıca association football player
  3. Yusuf Çamlıca researcher

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

How is Çamlıca written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Camlica. In Turkish it has ı (dotless, a close back vowel like the a in “sofa”), ç (ch as in “church”), c (j as in “jam”).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çam accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Büyük Çamlıca Tepesi accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Çamlıca 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 Çamlıca

Q1

What does the surname Çamlıca mean?

Çamlıca is a place name meaning ‘a place with pines, pine-covered’; the hills on the Üsküdar side of Istanbul and many villages in Anatolia bear it. Nişanyan traces çam ‘pine’ to Middle Turkic şam aġacı ‘resin tree’ and further to Arabic šamʿ ‘wax, resin’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çamlıca?

The root word of Çamlıca is šamʿ (Arabic): “wax, resin; via Middle Turkic şam aġacı ‘resin tree’”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çamlıca?

Çam·lı·ca, 3 syllables; IPA: /t͡ʃamɫɯˈd͡ʒa/.