Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çelikten

Çelikten /tʃelikˈten/ ASCII Celikten

“of steel”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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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 Çelikten?

Çelikten

IPA /tʃelikˈten/

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

What does the surname Çelikten mean?

The name is the ablative of çelik ‘steel’: ‘of steel, made of steel’. Nişanyan traces çelik to Middle Turkic çelik ‘striking, forging; forged iron’, from çal- ‘to strike’. Nişanyan Adlar notes that Çelik was added to the new Turkish names proposed in 1933.1

Grammar çelik + -ten (ablative).

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

What is Çelikten made of?

Çelikten breaks into 2 parts: çelik (steel) + -ten (ablative case).

Çelikten + root çelik steel TURKIC çelik “forged iron, steel” suffix -ten ablative case Çelikten çelik root steel çelik TURKIC “forged iron, steel” -ten suffix ablative case
Çelikten: parts and root words
  • çelik Turkic — forged iron, steel1

How was the name Çelikten formed?

Çelikten belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (çelik + -ten).

Which surnames are related to Çelikten?

Çelikten Çelik Özçelik Çeliker Çelikel Çelikkol Çelikbilek Sertçelik Akçelik Çelikkan Çelikyurt Alçelik Çelikay
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 Çeliker same root – –
04 Çelikel same root – –
05 Çelikkol same root – –
06 Çelikbilek same root – –
07 Sertçelik same root – –
08 Akçelik same root – –
09 Çelikkan same root – –
10 Çelikyurt same root – –
11 Alçelik same root – –
12 Çelikay same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çelikten?

  1. Ahmet Ali Çelikten military personnel 1883–1969

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

How is Çelikten written and pronounced abroad?

In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Celikten: ç becomes c (German tsch, English ch).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çelik accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Çelikten 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çelikten

Q1

What does the surname Çelikten mean?

The name is the ablative of çelik ‘steel’: ‘of steel, made of steel’. Nişanyan traces çelik to Middle Turkic çelik ‘striking, forging; forged iron’, from çal- ‘to strike’. Nişanyan Adlar notes that Çelik was added to the new Turkish names proposed in 1933.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çelikten?

The root word of Çelikten is çelik (Turkic): “forged iron, steel”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çelikten?

Çe·lik·ten, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃelikˈten/.