Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ertegün

Ertegün /eɾteˈɡyn/ ASCII Ertegun

“the next day, morning”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Ertegün?

Ertegün

IPA /eɾteˈɡyn/

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

What does the surname Ertegün mean?

Ertegün is made of erte and gün ‘day’. Erte meant ‘morning’ in older Turkic and survives in ertesi ‘the next’. The name evokes ‘the morning, the next day’, a day just beginning.1,2

Grammar erte + gün: a noun–noun compound.

That Ertegün goes back to erte and gün is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ertegün made of?

Ertegün is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: erte (morning; the following time) + gün (day).

Ertegün + root erte morning; the followingtime TURKIC erte “the time that follows;formerly ‘morning’” root gün day TURKIC gün “day” Ertegün erte root morning; the following time erte TURKIC “the time that follows; formerly‘morning’” gün root day gün TURKIC “day”
Ertegün: parts and root words
  • erte Turkic — the time that follows; formerly ‘morning’1
  • gün Turkic — day2

How was the name Ertegün formed?

Ertegün was formed by joining erte (“morning; the following time”) and gün (“day”).

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

Which surnames are related to Ertegün?

Ertegün Güngör Güner Akgün Günay Güney Ergün Gündoğdu Aygün Günaydın Günal Gün Erten
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Güngör same root – –
02 Güner same root – –
03 Akgün same root – –
04 Günay same root – –
05 Güney same root – –
06 Ergün same root – –
07 Gündoğdu same root – –
08 Aygün same root – –
09 Günaydın same root – –
10 Günal same root – –
11 Gün same root – –
12 Erten same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Ertegün?

  1. Ahmet Ertegün musician 1923–2006
  2. Nasuhi Ertegün composer 1917–1989
  3. Münir Ertegün diplomat 1883–1944
  4. Necati Münir Ertegün diplomat

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

How is Ertegün written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Ertegun or Erteguen.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: erte accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gün accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: erte accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gün accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Ertegün 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

Common questions about Ertegün

Q1

What does the surname Ertegün mean?

Ertegün is made of erte and gün ‘day’. Erte meant ‘morning’ in older Turkic and survives in ertesi ‘the next’. The name evokes ‘the morning, the next day’, a day just beginning.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ertegün?

Ertegün is made up of two elements: erte “the time that follows; formerly ‘morning’” (Turkic) and gün “day” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Ertegün?

Er·te·gün, 3 syllables; IPA: /eɾteˈɡyn/.