Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 1,173

Dikmen

Dikmen /dikˈmen/

“conical hill”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
front
Initial
D
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Dikmen?

Dikmen

IPA /dikˈmen/

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

What does the surname Dikmen mean?

A dikmen is a peaked, cone-shaped hill. The word is related to dik ‘steep, upright’. Many hills, villages and neighbourhoods in Anatolia bear the name, among them Dikmen in Ankara.1,2

Dikmen is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Dikmen made of?

Dikmen is a single root: dikmen (conical hill, peak).

Dikmen + root dikmen conical hill, peak TURKIC dikmen “cone-shaped hill” TURKIC dik “upright, steep” Dikmen dikmen root conical hill, peak dikmen TURKIC “cone-shaped hill” dik TURKIC “upright, steep”
Dikmen: parts and root words
  • dikmen Turkic — cone-shaped hill2
  • dik Turkic — upright, steep1

How was the name Dikmen formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Dikmen?

Dikmen Diker Akdik Dikeç
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Diker same root – –
02 Akdik same root – –
03 Dikeç same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Dikmen?

  1. Soner Dikmen association football player 1993–
  2. Ayla Dikmen singer 1944–1990
  3. Volkan Dikmen association football player 1991–
  4. Songül Dikmen volleyball player 1981–
  5. Tiraje Dikmen painter 1923–2014
  6. Erdi Dikmen association football player 1997–
  7. İlkay Dikmen swimmer 1981–
  8. Şükriye Dikmen painter 1918–2000

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: dikmen accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Dikmen 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 Dikmen

Q1

What does the surname Dikmen mean?

A dikmen is a peaked, cone-shaped hill. The word is related to dik ‘steep, upright’. Many hills, villages and neighbourhoods in Anatolia bear the name, among them Dikmen in Ankara.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Dikmen?

The root word of Dikmen is dikmen (Turkic): “cone-shaped hill”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Dikmen?

Dik·men, 2 syllables; IPA: /dikˈmen/.