Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Doğaner

Doğaner /doaˈneɾ/ ASCII Doganer

“male hawk”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 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. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Doğaner?

Doğaner

IPA /doaˈneɾ/

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

What does the surname Doğaner mean?

Doğaner is built from doğan and er. Nişanyan Adlar gives the meaning ‘male hawk’. Nişanyan traces doğan to Old Turkic toġan ‘bird of prey’, from toġ- ‘to rise’.1

Grammar doğan + er.

That Doğaner goes back to toġan and er is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Doğaner made of?

Doğaner breaks into 2 parts: doğan (doğan: falcon) + er (er: male, man).

Doğaner + root doğan doğan: falcon TURKIC toġan “bird of prey” root er er: male, man TURKIC er “man, male” Doğaner doğan root doğan: falcon toġan TURKIC “bird of prey” er root er: male, man er TURKIC “man, male”
Doğaner: parts and root words
  • toġan Turkic — bird of prey1
  • er Turkic — man, male1

How was the name Doğaner formed?

Doğaner belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (doğan + er).

Which surnames are related to Doğaner?

Doğaner Doğan Erdoğan Aydoğan Akdoğan Doğanay Özdoğan Karadoğan Tandoğan Türkdoğan Alpdoğan Doğanlar Taşdoğan
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 Akdoğan same root – –
05 Doğanay same root – –
06 Özdoğan same root – –
07 Karadoğan same root – –
08 Tandoğan same root – –
09 Türkdoğan same root – –
10 Alpdoğan same root – –
11 Doğanlar same root – –
12 Taşdoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Doğaner?

  1. Adem Doğaner researcher
  2. Fulya Doğaner researcher
  3. Yusuf Çetin Doğaner researcher

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

Is Doğaner also a first name?

Yes. Doğaner is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “male hawk”.

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

How is Doğaner written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Doganer.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Doğaner accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: doğan 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
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Doğaner

Q1

What does the surname Doğaner mean?

Doğaner is built from doğan and er. Nişanyan Adlar gives the meaning ‘male hawk’. Nişanyan traces doğan to Old Turkic toġan ‘bird of prey’, from toġ- ‘to rise’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Doğaner?

The root word of Doğaner is toġan (Turkic): “bird of prey”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Doğaner?

Do·ğa·ner, 3 syllables; IPA: /doaˈneɾ/.