Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Eraslan

Eraslan /eɾasˈɫan/

“lion-hearted hero”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9As a first name
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Eraslan?

Eraslan

IPA /eɾasˈɫan/

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

What does the surname Eraslan mean?

A union of er “brave man” and aslan “lion”, meaning “a hero like a lion”. Eraslan is also used as a male given name and is the name of a village in the Suluova district of Amasya.2,4

Grammar Compound er + aslan; aslan is the reduced form of older arslan.

That Eraslan goes back to er and aslan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Eraslan made of?

Eraslan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: er (er: man, brave warrior) + aslan (aslan: lion).

Eraslan + root er er: man, brave warrior TURKIC er “man, brave fellow,soldier” root aslan aslan: lion TURKIC aslan “lion, symbol of strengthand courage” Eraslan er root er: man, brave warrior er TURKIC “man, brave fellow, soldier” aslan root aslan: lion aslan TURKIC “lion, symbol of strength andcourage”
Eraslan: parts and root words
  • er Turkic — man, brave fellow, soldier2
  • aslan Turkic — lion, symbol of strength and courage4

How was the name Eraslan formed?

Eraslan was formed by joining er (“er: man, brave warrior”) and aslan (“aslan: lion”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Eraslan?

Eraslan Aslan Karaaslan Alpaslan Kılıçaslan Özaslan Aslanoğlu Aslantaş Aslantürk Aslanyürek Küçükaslan Çetinaslan Gençaslan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aslan same root 14 409,459
02 Karaaslan same root – –
03 Alpaslan same root – –
04 Kılıçaslan same root – –
05 Özaslan same root – –
06 Aslanoğlu same root – –
07 Aslantaş same root – –
08 Aslantürk same root – –
09 Aslanyürek same root – –
10 Küçükaslan same root – –
11 Çetinaslan same root – –
12 Gençaslan same root – –

How else is Eraslan spelled?

Erarslanspelling

Where in Türkiye is Eraslan most common?

Eraslan is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 22nd in Bayburt.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt · rank 22 · 443 people Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Eraslan: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Bayburt22443

Who are some well-known people named Eraslan?

  1. Sibel Eraslan journalist 1967–
  2. Kemal Eraslan translator 1930–2022
  3. Mehmet Eraslan statesperson 1971–
  4. Orhan Eraslan statesperson 1954–
  5. Sıddık Eraslan statesperson 1954–
  6. Bahtiyar Eraslan Çapan researcher
  7. Ersen Eraslan researcher
  8. Evren Eraslan researcher

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

Is Eraslan also a first name?

Yes. Eraslan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “lion-hearted hero”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: er accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Eraslan accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: aslan accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: er accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Eraslan

Q1

What does the surname Eraslan mean?

A union of er “brave man” and aslan “lion”, meaning “a hero like a lion”. Eraslan is also used as a male given name and is the name of a village in the Suluova district of Amasya.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Eraslan?

Eraslan is made up of two elements: er “man, brave fellow, soldier” (Turkic) and aslan “lion, symbol of strength and courage” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Eraslan?

E·ras·lan, 3 syllables; IPA: /eɾasˈɫan/.