Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çelikkan

Çelikkan /tʃelicˈkan/ ASCII Celikkan

“steel-blooded”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Ç
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Çelikkan?

Çelikkan

IPA /tʃelicˈkan/

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

What does the surname Çelikkan mean?

A name built from çelik ‘steel’ and kan, commonly read as ‘steel-blooded, of sturdy stock’. Nişanyan Adlar notes that in New Turkish names kan sometimes means ‘blood, lineage’ and sometimes ‘khagan, ruler’; on that reading the name would be ‘steel khan’.1,2

Grammar çelik + kan.

That Çelikkan goes back to çelik and kan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Çelikkan made of?

Çelikkan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çelik (çelik: steel) + kan (kan: blood, lineage; in some names khan).

Çelikkan + root çelik çelik: steel TURKIC çelik “steel” root kan kan: blood, lineage; insome names khan TURKIC kan “blood, lineage; as aname element khan” Çelikkan çelik root çelik: steel çelik TURKIC “steel” kan root kan: blood, lineage; in some nameskhan kan TURKIC “blood, lineage; as a nameelement khan”
Çelikkan: parts and root words
  • çelik Turkic — steel2
  • kan Turkic — blood, lineage; as a name element khan1

How was the name Çelikkan formed?

Çelikkan was formed by joining çelik (“çelik: steel”) and kan (“kan: blood, lineage; in some names khan”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Çelikkan?

Çelikkan Çelik Özkan Alkan Özçelik Arıkan Gürkan Kandemir Atakan Türkkan Çeliker Durukan Demirkan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çelik same root 4 717,655
02 Özkan same root 22 245,254
03 Alkan same root – –
04 Özçelik same root – –
05 Arıkan same root – –
06 Gürkan same root – –
07 Kandemir same root – –
08 Atakan same root – –
09 Türkkan same root – –
10 Çeliker same root – –
11 Durukan same root – –
12 Demirkan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çelikkan?

  1. Murat Çelikkan journalist
  2. Esin Talu Çelikkan translator 1931–1998
  3. Ufuk Çelikkan university teacher

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

Is Çelikkan also a first name?

Yes. Çelikkan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “steel-blooded”.

Çelikkan as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Çelikkan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Celikkan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Kan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çelik accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Çelikkan

Q1

What does the surname Çelikkan mean?

A name built from çelik ‘steel’ and kan, commonly read as ‘steel-blooded, of sturdy stock’. Nişanyan Adlar notes that in New Turkish names kan sometimes means ‘blood, lineage’ and sometimes ‘khagan, ruler’; on that reading the name would be ‘steel khan’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çelikkan?

Çelikkan is made up of two elements: çelik “steel” (Turkic) and kan “blood, lineage; as a name element khan” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Çelikkan?

Çe·lik·kan, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃelicˈkan/.