Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çiçekoğlu

Çiçekoğlu /tʃitʃecoːˈɫu/ ASCII Cicekoglu

“son of Çiçek; flower”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
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 Çiçekoğlu?

Çiçekoğlu

IPA /tʃitʃecoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çiçekoğlu mean?

Made of çiçek and -oğlu. Çiçek is a flower, the coloured and often fragrant part of a plant, and is also a female given name; the surname may attach -oğlu to the word or to that personal name. Çiçek goes back to Proto-Turkic čeček.1,2

Grammar çiçek + -oğlu.

That Çiçekoğlu goes back to çiçek and oğul is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Çiçekoğlu made of?

Çiçekoğlu breaks into 2 parts: çiçek (flower; female name) + -oğlu (son of).

Çiçekoğlu ++ root çiçek flower; female name TURKIC çiçek “flower, blossom” suffix -oğlu son of TURKIC oğul “son” Çiçekoğlu çiçek root flower; female name çiçek TURKIC “flower, blossom” -oğlu suffix son of oğul TURKIC “son”
Çiçekoğlu: parts and root words
  • çiçek Turkic — flower, blossom1
  • oğul Turkic — son2

How was the name Çiçekoğlu formed?

Çiçekoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (çiçek + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Çiçekoğlu?

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

Who are some well-known people named Çiçekoğlu?

  1. Feride Çiçekoğlu writer 1951–
  2. Caner Çiçekoğlu volleyball player 1985–
  3. Pınar Çiçekoğlu researcher

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

How is Çiçekoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Cicekoglu in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çiçek accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: oğul 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

Common questions about Çiçekoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Çiçekoğlu mean?

Made of çiçek and -oğlu. Çiçek is a flower, the coloured and often fragrant part of a plant, and is also a female given name; the surname may attach -oğlu to the word or to that personal name. Çiçek goes back to Proto-Turkic čeček.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çiçekoğlu?

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

How do you pronounce Çiçekoğlu?

Çi·çek·oğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /tʃitʃecoːˈɫu/.