Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Erbatur

Erbatur /eɾbaˈtuɾ/

“brave hero”3

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

How do you pronounce Erbatur?

Erbatur

IPA /eɾbaˈtuɾ/

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

What does the surname Erbatur mean?

Erbatur joins er ‘man, brave warrior’ and batur ‘hero, warrior’; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it ‘man hero’. Batur is an Old Turkic word according to Nişanyan Adlar and also appears in names such as Baturalp.2,3

Grammar er + batur.

What is Erbatur made of?

Erbatur breaks into 2 parts: er (man, brave warrior) + batur (hero, warrior).

Erbatur + root er man, brave warrior TURKIC er “man; brave man” root batur hero, warrior TURKIC batur “warrior, hero” Erbatur er root man, brave warrior er TURKIC “man; brave man” batur root hero, warrior batur TURKIC “warrior, hero”
Erbatur: parts and root words
  • er Turkic — man; brave man3
  • batur Turkic — warrior, hero2

How was the name Erbatur formed?

Erbatur belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (er + batur).

Which surnames are related to Erbatur?

Erbatur Bahadır Batur Badur Baturalp Baturay Batır
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bahadır same root – –
02 Batur same root – –
03 Badur same root – –
04 Baturalp same root – –
05 Baturay same root – –
06 Batır same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Erbatur?

  1. Nevin Gaye Erbatur politician 1950–
  2. Oktay Erbatur researcher
  3. Serdar Erbatur researcher

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

Is Erbatur also a first name?

Yes. Erbatur is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “brave hero”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Erbatur accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Batur accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: er 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Erbatur

Q1

What does the surname Erbatur mean?

Erbatur joins er ‘man, brave warrior’ and batur ‘hero, warrior’; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it ‘man hero’. Batur is an Old Turkic word according to Nişanyan Adlar and also appears in names such as Baturalp.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Erbatur?

The root word of Erbatur is er (Turkic): “man; brave man”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Erbatur?

Er·ba·tur, 3 syllables; IPA: /eɾbaˈtuɾ/.