Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Erenler

Erenler /eɾenˈleɾ/

“saints, holy men”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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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 Erenler?

Erenler

IPA /eɾenˈleɾ/

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

What does the surname Erenler mean?

Erenler means “the saints, the holy men”; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it as “Sufi saints”. Eren was originally the Old Turkic plural of er “man”; it later came to mean “saint” in the singular and took the Turkish plural -ler. A district of Sakarya and many villages bear the name.2

Grammar eren + -ler (plural suffix).

That Erenler goes back to eren is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Erenler made of?

Erenler breaks into 2 parts: eren (saint, holy man) + -ler (plural suffix).

Erenler + root eren saint, holy man TURKIC eren “Old Turkic plural of er‘men’; later saint,…” suffix -ler plural suffix Erenler eren root saint, holy man eren TURKIC “Old Turkic plural of er ‘men’;later saint, holy man” -ler suffix plural suffix
Erenler: parts and root words
  • eren Turkic — Old Turkic plural of er “men”; later saint, holy man2

How was the name Erenler formed?

Erenler belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (eren + -ler).

Which surnames are related to Erenler?

Erenler Eren Özeren Erenerol Erener Erenkaya Erenli Erenoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Eren same root – –
02 Özeren same root – –
03 Erenerol same root – –
04 Erener same root – –
05 Erenkaya same root – –
06 Erenli same root – –
07 Erenoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Erenler?

  1. Ceyda Çetin Erenler politician 1975–
  2. Mehmet Erenler musician 1946–
  3. Ali Kemal Erenler researcher
  4. Ramazan Erenler researcher
  5. Taha Erenler researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Erenler accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: eren accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Erenler 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

Common questions about Erenler

Q1

What does the surname Erenler mean?

Erenler means “the saints, the holy men”; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it as “Sufi saints”. Eren was originally the Old Turkic plural of er “man”; it later came to mean “saint” in the singular and took the Turkish plural -ler. A district of Sakarya and many villages bear the name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Erenler?

The root word of Erenler is eren (Turkic): ‘Old Turkic plural of er “men”; later saint, holy man’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Erenler?

E·ren·ler, 3 syllables; IPA: /eɾenˈleɾ/.