Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 1,225

Dumanlı

Dumanlı /dumanˈɫɯ/ ASCII Dumanli

“misty, smoky”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
back
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 Dumanlı?

Dumanlı

IPA /dumanˈɫɯ/

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

What does the surname Dumanlı mean?

Dumanlı means “smoky” and “misty, wrapped in fog”: dumanlı dağlar are high mountains whose peaks are hidden in mist. The word is duman, “smoke, mist”, plus the suffix -lı. Many Anatolian villages from Ağrı to Uşak and from Gümüşhane to Sinop bear this name, so the surname may come from the word or from one of these places.2

Grammar duman + suffix -lı.

Dumanlı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Dumanlı made of?

Dumanlı breaks into 2 parts: duman (duman: smoke; mist) + -lı (suffix “having, with”).

Dumanlı + root duman duman: smoke; mist TURKIC dumanlı “smoky; misty,fog-covered; hazy” suffix -lı suffix “having, with” Dumanlı duman root duman: smoke; mist dumanlı TURKIC “smoky; misty, fog-covered; hazy” -lı suffix suffix “having, with”
Dumanlı: parts and root words
  • dumanlı Turkic — smoky; misty, fog-covered; hazy2

How was the name Dumanlı formed?

Dumanlı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (duman + -lı).

Which surnames are related to Dumanlı?

Dumanlı Duman Karaduman Dumanoğlu Akduman
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Duman same root – –
02 Karaduman same root – –
03 Dumanoğlu same root – –
04 Akduman same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Dumanlı?

  1. Ekrem Dumanlı writer 1964–
  2. Candan Dumanlı association football player 1939–2026
  3. Celal Dumanlı association football player 1994–
  4. Talat Dumanlı film actor 1899–1982
  5. Güleren Yartaş Dumanlı researcher

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

How is Dumanlı written and pronounced abroad?

Records without Turkish letters usually write Dumanli.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: dumanlı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Dumanlı 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 Dumanlı

Q1

What does the surname Dumanlı mean?

Dumanlı means “smoky” and “misty, wrapped in fog”: dumanlı dağlar are high mountains whose peaks are hidden in mist. The word is duman, “smoke, mist”, plus the suffix -lı. Many Anatolian villages from Ağrı to Uşak and from Gümüşhane to Sinop bear this name, so the surname may come from the word or from one of these places.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Dumanlı?

The root word of Dumanlı is dumanlı (Turkic): “smoky; misty, fog-covered; hazy”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Dumanlı?

Du·man·lı, 3 syllables; IPA: /dumanˈɫɯ/.