Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çekiç

Çekiç /tʃeˈkitʃ/ ASCII Cekic

“hammer”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Çekiç?

Çekiç

IPA /tʃeˈkitʃ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çekiç mean?

A çekiç is a hammer, the handled tool for driving nails and beating or breaking metal, basic to the smith and the carpenter. The sources differ on its origin. There is also a village called Çekiç in Taşköprü, Kastamonu.1

Grammar Bare noun.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. English Wiktionary traces the word to Proto-Turkic *čeküč ‘hammer’.
  2. Nişanyan considers it a borrowing of Persian čakuš ‘hammer’.

Çekiç is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çekiç made of?

Çekiç combines Turkic and Persian elements in 1 parts: çekiç (hammer).

Çekiç + root çekiç hammer TURKIC çekiç “hammer” PERSIAN çakuş “Persian ‘hammer’” Çekiç çekiç root hammer çekiç TURKIC “hammer” çakuş PERSIAN “Persian ‘hammer’”
Çekiç: parts and root words
  • çekiç Turkic — hammer1
  • çakuş Persian — Persian ‘hammer’1

How was the name Çekiç formed?

Çekiç is the word çekiç (“hammer”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Which surnames are related to Çekiç?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Altınçekiç same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çekiç?

  1. Özlem Sara Çekiç politician 1976–
  2. Orhan Çekiç historian 1944–
  3. Volkan Çekiç association football player 1990–
  4. Bahanur Çekiç researcher
  5. Bülent Çekiç researcher
  6. Cem Çekiç researcher
  7. Deniz Çekiç researcher
  8. Edip Güvenç Çekiç researcher

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

How is Çekiç written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language documents it often appears as Cekic.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çekiç accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çekiç accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Çekiç 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 Çekiç

Q1

What does the surname Çekiç mean?

A çekiç is a hammer, the handled tool for driving nails and beating or breaking metal, basic to the smith and the carpenter. The sources differ on its origin. There is also a village called Çekiç in Taşköprü, Kastamonu.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çekiç?

The root word of Çekiç is çekiç (Turkic): “hammer”. There are 3 competing views on where Çekiç comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çekiç?

Çe·kiç, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃeˈkitʃ/.