Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Erbulak

Erbulak /eɾbuˈɫak/

“the hero’s spring”1

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

How do you pronounce Erbulak?

Erbulak

IPA /eɾbuˈɫak/

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

What does the surname Erbulak mean?

Erbulak combines er ‘brave man’ with bulak ‘spring’: ‘the hero’s spring’. Bulak is an old word for water welling from the ground, still used in Anatolian dialects and other Turkic languages and found in many village names.1,2

Grammar er + bulak.

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

What is Erbulak made of?

Erbulak is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: er (man, brave warrior) + bulak (spring).

Erbulak + first element er man, brave warrior TURKIC er “man, valiant man” root bulak spring TURKIC bulak “spring, source” Erbulak er first element man, brave warrior er TURKIC “man, valiant man” bulak root spring bulak TURKIC “spring, source”
Erbulak: parts and root words
  • er Turkic — man, valiant man1
  • bulak Turkic — spring, source2

How was the name Erbulak formed?

Erbulak is a name newly coined from er (“man, brave warrior”) and bulak (“spring”) in the years of the surname law.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Erbulak?

Erbulak Bulak Altunbulaklı Bulakbaşı Akbulak Taşbulak
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bulak same root – –
02 Altunbulaklı same root – –
03 Bulakbaşı same root – –
04 Akbulak same root – –
05 Taşbulak same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Erbulak?

  1. Sevinç Erbulak actor 1975–
  2. Füsun Erbulak actor 1943–
  3. Altan Erbulak actor 1929–1988
  4. Ayşe Erbulak actor 1957–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: er accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bulak accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: er accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bulak accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Erbulak

Q1

What does the surname Erbulak mean?

Erbulak combines er ‘brave man’ with bulak ‘spring’: ‘the hero’s spring’. Bulak is an old word for water welling from the ground, still used in Anatolian dialects and other Turkic languages and found in many village names.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Erbulak?

Erbulak is made up of two elements: er “man, valiant man” (Turkic) and bulak “spring, source” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Erbulak?

Er·bu·lak, 3 syllables; IPA: /eɾbuˈɫak/.