Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çınar

Çınar /tʃɯˈnaɾ/ ASCII Cinar

“plane tree”2

Province lists
31
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Çınar?

Çınar

IPA /tʃɯˈnaɾ/

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

What does the surname Çınar mean?

The çınar is the plane tree, known for its wide shade and its life of many centuries. The word comes from Persian çinār. A symbol of the village square in Anatolia, as a name it evokes long life, deep roots and majesty.2

Çınar is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çınar made of?

Çınar is a single root: çınar (plane tree).

Çınar root çınar plane tree PERSIAN çinār “plane tree” Çınar çınar root plane tree çinār PERSIAN “plane tree”
Çınar: parts and root words
  • çinār Persian — plane tree2

How was the name Çınar formed?

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

Where in Türkiye is Çınar most common?

Çınar is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 3 provinces; its best rank is 20th in Afyonkarahisar.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar · rank 20 · 2,819 people Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde · rank 21 · 1,531 people Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas · rank 21 · 2,653 people Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van 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 3
  • Not listed
Çınar: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Afyonkarahisar202,819
02Sivas212,653
03Niğde211,531

Who are some well-known people named Çınar?

  1. Orkan Çınar association football player 1996–
  2. Vasıf Çınar politician 1896–1935
  3. Nilüfer Çınar Çorlulu chess player 1962–
  4. Ateş Çınar sailor 1986–
  5. Deniz Çınar sailor 1984–
  6. Josef Çınar association football player 1984–
  7. Sevgi Çınar association football player 1994–
  8. Yıldıray Çınar comics artist 1976–

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

Is Çınar also a first name?

Yes. Çınar is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “plane tree”.

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

How is Çınar written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Çınar is usually written Cinar.

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: çinār accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çınar 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çınar

Q1

What does the surname Çınar mean?

The çınar is the plane tree, known for its wide shade and its life of many centuries. The word comes from Persian çinār. A symbol of the village square in Anatolia, as a name it evokes long life, deep roots and majesty.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çınar?

The root word of Çınar is çinār (Persian): “plane tree”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çınar?

Çı·nar, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃɯˈnaɾ/.