Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Doğandemir

Doğandemir /doandeˈmiɾ/ ASCII Dogandemir

“falcon / born + iron”1

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

How do you pronounce Doğandemir?

Doğandemir

IPA /doandeˈmiɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Doğandemir mean?

A compound of doğan and demir ‘iron’; the meaning rests on the final element, iron as a token of hardness. Nişanyan Adlar notes that Doğan is read both as ‘one who is born, rising’ and as the name of a bird of prey, the bird sense prevailing in the past and the ‘born’ sense today.1,2

Grammar doğan + demir.

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

What is Doğandemir made of?

Doğandemir breaks into 2 parts: doğan (falcon; born, rising) + demir (iron).

Doğandemir + root doğan falcon; born, rising TURKIC doğan “falcon; participle ofdoğmak” root demir iron TURKIC demir “iron” Doğandemir doğan root falcon; born, rising doğan TURKIC “falcon; participle of doğmak” demir root iron demir TURKIC “iron”
Doğandemir: parts and root words
  • doğan Turkic — falcon; participle of doğmak1
  • demir Turkic — iron2

How was the name Doğandemir formed?

Doğandemir belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (doğan + demir).

Which surnames are related to Doğandemir?

Doğandemir Demir Özdemir Doğan Erdoğan Demirci Aydoğan Demirel Aydemir Demirtaş Kandemir Akdoğan Akdemir
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 Doğan same root 12 485,906
04 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
05 Demirci same root – –
06 Aydoğan same root – –
07 Demirel same root – –
08 Aydemir same root – –
09 Demirtaş same root – –
10 Kandemir same root – –
11 Akdoğan same root – –
12 Akdemir same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Doğandemir?

  1. Hande Doğandemir actor 1985–

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

How is Doğandemir written and pronounced abroad?

In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Dogandemir: ğ, which is silent and lengthens the preceding vowel, becomes g.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Doğan 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 Doğandemir

Q1

What does the surname Doğandemir mean?

A compound of doğan and demir ‘iron’; the meaning rests on the final element, iron as a token of hardness. Nişanyan Adlar notes that Doğan is read both as ‘one who is born, rising’ and as the name of a bird of prey, the bird sense prevailing in the past and the ‘born’ sense today.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Doğandemir?

The root word of Doğandemir is doğan (Turkic): “falcon; participle of doğmak”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Doğandemir?

Do·ğan·de·mir, 4 syllables; IPA: /doandeˈmiɾ/.