Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çelikkol

Çelikkol /tʃelikˈkoɫ/ ASCII Celikkol

“arm of steel”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
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 Çelikkol?

Çelikkol

IPA /tʃelikˈkoɫ/

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

What does the surname Çelikkol mean?

Çelik ‘steel’ joins kol ‘arm’: ‘arm of steel’, an unbending, powerful arm. According to Nişanyan Adlar the name, rare before, was included among the new Turkish names proposed in April 1933. The image is one of firm, hard-working strength.1,2

Grammar Noun-plus-noun compound: çelik + kol.

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

What is Çelikkol made of?

Çelikkol breaks into 2 parts: çelik (steel) + kol (arm).

Çelikkol + root çelik steel TURKIC çelik “steel” root kol arm TURKIC kol “arm” Çelikkol çelik root steel çelik TURKIC “steel” kol root arm kol TURKIC “arm”
Çelikkol: parts and root words
  • çelik Turkic — steel1
  • kol Turkic — arm2

How was the name Çelikkol formed?

Çelikkol belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (çelik + kol).

Which surnames are related to Çelikkol?

Çelikkol Çelik Özçelik Demirkol Çeliker Kol Çelikel Kolukısa Atakol Çelikbilek Koldaş Kolçak Sertçelik
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 Özçelik same root – –
03 Demirkol same root – –
04 Çeliker same root – –
05 Kol same root – –
06 Çelikel same root – –
07 Kolukısa same root – –
08 Atakol same root – –
09 Çelikbilek same root – –
10 Koldaş same root – –
11 Kolçak same root – –
12 Sertçelik same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çelikkol?

  1. İbrahim Çelikkol basketball player 1982–
  2. Erdinç Çelikkol composer 1938–2023
  3. Şinasi Çelikkol puppeteer 1947–
  4. Aliye Çelikkol researcher
  5. Zeki Çelikkol diplomat 1933–2007
  6. Zeynep Çelikkol researcher

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

How is Çelikkol written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language documents it often appears as Celikkol.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çelik accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kol accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Çelikkol 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
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çelikkol

Q1

What does the surname Çelikkol mean?

Çelik ‘steel’ joins kol ‘arm’: ‘arm of steel’, an unbending, powerful arm. According to Nişanyan Adlar the name, rare before, was included among the new Turkish names proposed in April 1933. The image is one of firm, hard-working strength.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çelikkol?

The root word of Çelikkol is çelik (Turkic): “steel”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çelikkol?

Çe·lik·kol, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃelikˈkoɫ/.