Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çiçek

Çiçek /tʃiˈtʃec/ ASCII Cicek

“flower”2

Province lists
71
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Çiçek?

Çiçek

IPA /tʃiˈtʃec/

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

What does the surname Çiçek mean?

Çiçek is a flower, the colourful and often fragrant part of a plant. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *čeček. As a name it stands for beauty and freshness, and in Anatolia it has long been a female given name too.2

Çiçek is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çiçek made of?

Çiçek is a single root: çiçek (flower).

Çiçek root çiçek flower TURKIC çiçek “flower, blossom” Çiçek çiçek root flower çiçek TURKIC “flower, blossom”
Çiçek: parts and root words
  • çiçek Turkic — flower, blossom2

How was the name Çiçek formed?

Çiçek belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Çiçek?

Çiçek Akçiçek Ayçiçek Alçiçek Çiçekoğlu Çiçekli
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akçiçek same root – –
02 Ayçiçek same root – –
03 Alçiçek same root – –
04 Çiçekoğlu same root – –
05 Çiçekli same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Çiçek most common?

Çiçek is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 7 provinces; its best rank is 11th in Diyarbakır.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl · rank 20 · 922 people Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 11 · 12,373 people Edirne Elazığ · rank 18 · 2,904 people Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin · rank 20 · 3,681 people Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli · rank 20 · 421 people Şanlıurfa · rank 16 · 11,667 people Uşak Van · rank 18 · 4,011 people Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 7
  • Not listed
Çiçek: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Diyarbakır1112,373
02Şanlıurfa1611,667
03Van184,011
04Mardin203,681
05Elazığ182,904
06Bingöl20922

Who are some well-known people named Çiçek?

  1. Cemil Çiçek politician 1946–
  2. Tunahan Çiçek association football player 1992–
  3. Atabey Çiçek association football player 1995–
  4. Ali Ekber Çiçek singer-songwriter 1935–2006
  5. Cengiz Çiçek politician 1978–
  6. Evin Çiçek writer 1964–
  7. Tolgahan Çiçek association football player 1995–
  8. Nick Cicek ice hockey player 2000–

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

Is Çiçek also a first name?

Yes. Çiçek is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “flower”.

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

How is Çiçek written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Çiçek is usually written Cicek.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çiçek 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çiçek

Q1

What does the surname Çiçek mean?

Çiçek is a flower, the colourful and often fragrant part of a plant. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *čeček. As a name it stands for beauty and freshness, and in Anatolia it has long been a female given name too.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çiçek?

The root word of Çiçek is çiçek (Turkic): “flower, blossom”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çiçek?

Çi·çek, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃiˈtʃec/.