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Doğanay

Doğanay /doaˈnaj/ ASCII Doganay

“rising moon”2

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

How do you pronounce Doğanay?

Doğanay

IPA /doaˈnaj/

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

What does the surname Doğanay mean?

A name formed from doğan and ay “moon”. Next to the moon, doğan most naturally reads as the participle of doğmak: “the rising moon”. Taking doğan as the falcon is formally possible as well. Villages of this name exist in Eskişehir and Rize.1,2

Grammar doğan (participle doğ- + -an) + ay.

That Doğanay goes back to doğmak and ay is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Doğanay made of?

Doğanay is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: doğan (doğan: rising, being born; falcon) + ay (ay: moon; beauty).

Doğanay ++ root doğan doğan: rising, beingborn; falcon TURKIC doğmak “to be born; (of aheavenly body) to rise” suffix ay ay: moon; beauty TURKIC ay “moon” Doğanay doğan root doğan: rising, being born; falcon doğmak TURKIC “to be born; (of a heavenly body)to rise” ay suffix ay: moon; beauty ay TURKIC “moon”
Doğanay: parts and root words
  • doğmak Turkic — to be born; (of a heavenly body) to rise2
  • ay Turkic — moon1

How was the name Doğanay formed?

Doğanay was formed by adding the suffix ay (“ay: moon; beauty”) to doğan (“doğan: rising, being born; falcon”).

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

Which surnames are related to Doğanay?

Doğanay Doğan Erdoğan Aydoğan Gündoğdu Akdoğan Aydoğdu Gündoğan Özdoğan Erdoğdu Aydoğmuş Karadoğan Tandoğan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Doğan same root 12 485,906
02 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
03 Aydoğan same root – –
04 Gündoğdu same root – –
05 Akdoğan same root – –
06 Aydoğdu same root – –
07 Gündoğan same root – –
08 Özdoğan same root – –
09 Erdoğdu same root – –
10 Aydoğmuş same root – –
11 Karadoğan same root – –
12 Tandoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Doğanay?

  1. Gökhan Doğanay composer 29–
  2. Seyfi Doğanay singer 1964–2015
  3. Ezel Doğanay author 1966–
  4. Meltem Doğanay actor 1970–
  5. Sadık Doğanay singer 1933–1979
  6. Sefa Doğanay actor 1992–
  7. Yüksel Doğanay association football player 1930–1988
  8. Abdülkadir Doğanay author

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

Is Doğanay also a first name?

Yes. Doğanay is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “rising moon”.

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

How is Doğanay written and pronounced abroad?

Passports and English-language documents often show it as Doganay.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ay accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: doğmak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ay 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Doğanay

Q1

What does the surname Doğanay mean?

A name formed from doğan and ay “moon”. Next to the moon, doğan most naturally reads as the participle of doğmak: “the rising moon”. Taking doğan as the falcon is formally possible as well. Villages of this name exist in Eskişehir and Rize.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Doğanay?

Doğanay is made up of two elements: doğmak “to be born; (of a heavenly body) to rise” (Turkic) and ay “moon” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Doğanay?

Do·ğa·nay, 3 syllables; IPA: /doaˈnaj/.