Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 998

Çelebioğlu

Çelebioğlu /tʃelebioːˈɫu/ ASCII Celebioglu

“son of the gentleman”3

Letters / syllables
10 / 5
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Ç
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 Çelebioğlu?

Çelebioğlu

IPA /tʃelebioːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çelebioğlu mean?

Çelebioğlu means ‘son of the Çelebi’. Çelebi has been used since the 14th century as a title meaning ‘gentleman, cultured person’; it was also given to Ottoman princes and to heads of some Sufi orders. Its origin is debated: Nişanyan Sözlük links it to Old Turkic çalab ‘exalted one, lord’ (itself from Syriac ṣəlab ‘cross; lord’), while Nişanyan Adlar calls the ultimate origin obscure.3

Grammar çelebi + oğlu: title + possessed ‘son’.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. Derived from Old Turkic çalab ‘exalted one, master, lord’, itself borrowed from Syriac ṣəlab (Nişanyan Sözlük).
  2. The ultimate origin of the word is obscure (Nişanyan Adlar).

What is Çelebioğlu made of?

Çelebioğlu breaks into 2 parts: çelebi (gentleman; title) + -oğlu (possessive form of oğul ‘son’: “son of, of the family of”).

Çelebioğlu + root çelebi gentleman; title TURKIC çelebi “gentleman, culturedperson; title of…” suffix -oğlu possessive form of oğul‘son’: “son of, of the…” Çelebioğlu çelebi root gentleman; title çelebi TURKIC “gentleman, cultured person;title of princes and heads of…” -oğlu suffix possessive form of oğul ‘son’: “sonof, of the family of”
Çelebioğlu: parts and root words
  • çelebi Turkic — gentleman, cultured person; title of princes and heads of orders3

How was the name Çelebioğlu formed?

Çelebioğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (çelebi + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Çelebioğlu?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çelebi same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çelebioğlu?

  1. Beşir Çelebioğlu politician 1937–1994
  2. Aslı Çelebioğlu researcher
  3. Cansu Çelebioğlu researcher
  4. Cenk Çelebioğlu composer
  5. Ebru Çelebioğlu researcher
  6. Hasan Ufuk Çelebioğlu researcher
  7. Meltem Çelebioğlu author

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

How is Çelebioğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Celebioglu. In Turkish, ç is pronounced like ch in “church” and ğ is not pronounced as a consonant but lengthens the vowel before it.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çelebi accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çelebi accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Çelebi 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
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çelebioğlu

Q1

What does the surname Çelebioğlu mean?

Çelebioğlu means ‘son of the Çelebi’. Çelebi has been used since the 14th century as a title meaning ‘gentleman, cultured person’; it was also given to Ottoman princes and to heads of some Sufi orders. Its origin is debated: Nişanyan Sözlük links it to Old Turkic çalab ‘exalted one, lord’ (itself from Syriac ṣəlab ‘cross; lord’), while Nişanyan Adlar calls the ultimate origin obscure.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çelebioğlu?

The root word of Çelebioğlu is çelebi (Turkic): “gentleman, cultured person; title of princes and heads of orders”. There are 3 competing views on where Çelebioğlu comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çelebioğlu?

Çe·le·bi·oğ·lu, 5 syllables; IPA: /tʃelebioːˈɫu/.