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Coşkun

Coşkun /dʒoʃˈkun/ ASCII Coskun

“exuberant, enthusiastic”2

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Contents§1–§13
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9As a first name
  10. §10Abroad
  11. §11Sources
  12. §12Questions
  13. §13Related

How do you pronounce Coşkun?

Coşkun

IPA /dʒoʃˈkun/

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

What does the surname Coşkun mean?

Coşkun comes from coşmak, “to surge, to be carried away”, and means exuberant, enthusiastic, full of zeal. It is also said of waters rushing like a coşkun ırmak, “a torrent”. As a name it describes someone brimming with energy and joy of life.2,3

Grammar Adjective derived from coşmak with -kun (coş- + -kun).

Coşkun is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Coşkun made of?

Coşkun is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: coş- (coşmak: to become exuberant, to surge) + -kun (adjective-forming suffix).

Coşkun ++ root coş- coşmak: to becomeexuberant, to surge TURKIC coşkun “ebullient, exuberant;enthusiastic” suffix -kun adjective-forming suffix TURKIC coşmak “to surge, to be carriedaway with enthusiasm” Coşkun coş- root coşmak: to become exuberant, to surge coşkun TURKIC “ebullient, exuberant;enthusiastic” -kun suffix adjective-forming suffix coşmak TURKIC “to surge, to be carried awaywith enthusiasm”
Coşkun: parts and root words
  • coşkun Turkic — ebullient, exuberant; enthusiastic2
  • coşmak Turkic — to surge, to be carried away with enthusiasm3

How was the name Coşkun formed?

Coşkun was formed by adding the suffix -kun (“adjective-forming suffix”) to coş- (“coşmak: to become exuberant, to surge”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Coşkun?

Coşkun Coşkuner Coşar Coşan Coşkunsu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Coşkuner same root – –
02 Coşar same root – –
03 Coşan same root – –
04 Coşkunsu same root – –

How else is Coşkun spelled?

Coşkanspelling

Where in Türkiye is Coşkun most common?

Coşkun is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 6 provinces; its best rank is 18th in Karabük.1

Adana Adıyaman · rank 22 · 2,823 people Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum · rank 26 · 2,541 people Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri · rank 26 · 4,331 people Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak · rank 21 · 1,595 people Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük · rank 18 · 1,028 people Kilis Osmaniye · rank 20 · 1,826 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 6
  • Not listed
Coşkun: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Kayseri264,331
02Adıyaman222,823
03Erzurum262,541
04Osmaniye201,826
05Uşak211,595
06Karabük181,028

Who are some well-known people named Coşkun?

  1. Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun actor 2005–
  2. Cengiz Coşkun basketball player 1982–
  3. Sezgin Coşkun association football player 1984–
  4. Ayşegül Coşkun actor 1985–
  5. Emre Can Coşkun association football player 1994–
  6. İbrahim Ferdi Coşkun association football player 1987–
  7. Bekir Coşkun journalist 1945–2020
  8. Can Coşkun association football player 1998–

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

Is Coşkun also a first name?

Yes. Coşkun is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “exuberant, enthusiastic”.

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

How is Coşkun written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Coşkun is usually written Coskun. In Turkish ş is pronounced like English sh; c is pronounced like English j in "jam", never as k or ts.

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: coşkun accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: coşmak 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Coşkun

Q1

What does the surname Coşkun mean?

Coşkun comes from coşmak, “to surge, to be carried away”, and means exuberant, enthusiastic, full of zeal. It is also said of waters rushing like a coşkun ırmak, “a torrent”. As a name it describes someone brimming with energy and joy of life.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Coşkun?

The root word of Coşkun is coşmak (Turkic): “to surge, to be carried away with enthusiasm”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Coşkun?

Coş·kun, 2 syllables; IPA: /dʒoʃˈkun/.