Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çiftpınar

Çiftpınar /t͡ʃiftpɯˈnaɾ/ ASCII Ciftpinar

“twin spring”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 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 Çiftpınar?

Çiftpınar

IPA /t͡ʃiftpɯˈnaɾ/

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

What does the surname Çiftpınar mean?

‘Twin spring, two springs side by side’. Çift is borrowed from Persian juft ‘pair’; pınar ‘spring’ is a Turkish word going back to an unattested Oghuz form bıŋar ‘water source’. The name is a landscape image of a type also common in village names.1,2

Grammar çift + pınar.

That Çiftpınar goes back to çift and pınar is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Çiftpınar made of?

Çiftpınar combines Persian and Turkic elements in 2 parts: çift (çift: pair, twin) + pınar (pınar: spring).

Çiftpınar + root çift çift: pair, twin PERSIAN çift “pair” root pınar pınar: spring TURKIC pınar “spring, source” Çiftpınar çift root çift: pair, twin çift PERSIAN “pair” pınar root pınar: spring pınar TURKIC “spring, source”
Çiftpınar: parts and root words
  • çift Persian — pair1
  • pınar Turkic — spring, source2

How was the name Çiftpınar formed?

Çiftpınar was formed by joining çift (“çift: pair, twin”) and pınar (“pınar: spring”).

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

Which surnames are related to Çiftpınar?

Çiftpınar Çiftçi Akpınar Pınar Gürpınar Karapınar Taşpınar Başpınar Çiftçioğlu Gülpınar Özpınar Pınarbaşı Kırkpınar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çiftçi same root – –
02 Akpınar same root – –
03 Pınar same root – –
04 Gürpınar same root – –
05 Karapınar same root – –
06 Taşpınar same root – –
07 Başpınar same root – –
08 Çiftçioğlu same root – –
09 Gülpınar same root – –
10 Özpınar same root – –
11 Pınarbaşı same root – –
12 Kırkpınar same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çiftpınar?

  1. Sadık Çiftpınar association football player 1993–

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

How is Çiftpınar written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language and other foreign records the name is usually written Ciftpinar.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çift accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: pınar accessed 9 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

Common questions about Çiftpınar

Q1

What does the surname Çiftpınar mean?

‘Twin spring, two springs side by side’. Çift is borrowed from Persian juft ‘pair’; pınar ‘spring’ is a Turkish word going back to an unattested Oghuz form bıŋar ‘water source’. The name is a landscape image of a type also common in village names.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çiftpınar?

Çiftpınar is made up of two elements: çift “pair” (Persian) and pınar “spring, source” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Çiftpınar?

Çift·pı·nar, 3 syllables; IPA: /t͡ʃiftpɯˈnaɾ/.