Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 1,094

Daşdemir

Daşdemir /daʃdeˈmiɾ/ ASCII Dasdemir

“firm as stone and iron”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
D
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Daşdemir?

Daşdemir

IPA /daʃdeˈmiɾ/

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

What does the surname Daşdemir mean?

Daşdemir is a dialect form of the surname Taşdemir: daş is the form of taş ‘stone’ in eastern Anatolian and Azerbaijani Turkish. The name joins two images of hardness, stone and iron: ‘as firm as stone and iron’.1,2

Grammar daş (taş) + demir.

That Daşdemir goes back to daş and demir is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Daşdemir made of?

Daşdemir breaks into 2 parts: daş (stone (dialect)) + demir (iron).

Daşdemir + first element daş stone (dialect) TURKIC daş “stone” root demir iron TURKIC demir “iron; figurativelystrong, hard” Daşdemir daş first element stone (dialect) daş TURKIC “stone” demir root iron demir TURKIC “iron; figuratively strong, hard”
Daşdemir: parts and root words
  • daş Turkic — stone1
  • demir Turkic — iron; figuratively strong, hard2

How was the name Daşdemir formed?

Daşdemir belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (daş + demir).

Which surnames are related to Daşdemir?

Daşdemir Demir Özdemir Demirci Demirel Aydemir Demirtaş Kandemir Akdemir Demircan Demirhan Erdemir Demirer
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Demir same root 3 876,934
02 Özdemir same root 10 556,378
03 Demirci same root – –
04 Demirel same root – –
05 Aydemir same root – –
06 Demirtaş same root – –
07 Kandemir same root – –
08 Akdemir same root – –
09 Demircan same root – –
10 Demirhan same root – –
11 Erdemir same root – –
12 Demirer same root – –

How else is Daşdemir spelled?

Taşdemirspelling

Who are some well-known people named Daşdemir?

  1. Uğur Daşdemir association football player 1990–
  2. Merve Daşdemir singer 1987–
  3. Alperen Daşdemir association football player
  4. İncinur Daşdemir actor 1985–
  5. İsmet Daşdemir researcher

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

How is Daşdemir written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Dasdemir.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: daş accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: demir 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Daşdemir

Q1

What does the surname Daşdemir mean?

Daşdemir is a dialect form of the surname Taşdemir: daş is the form of taş ‘stone’ in eastern Anatolian and Azerbaijani Turkish. The name joins two images of hardness, stone and iron: ‘as firm as stone and iron’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Daşdemir?

The root word of Daşdemir is daş (Turkic): “stone”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Daşdemir?

Daş·de·mir, 3 syllables; IPA: /daʃdeˈmiɾ/.