Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Eygi

Eygi /ejˈɡi/

“good”1

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

How do you pronounce Eygi?

Eygi

IPA /ejˈɡi/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Eygi mean?

Eygi is recorded in Nişanyan Adlar as a name of Old Turkic origin meaning “good”. It reads as an older form of today’s iyi, “good”, and belongs to the names taken from older texts into the 20th-century repertoire.1

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

What is Eygi made of?

Eygi is a single Turkic root: eygi (good).

Eygi root eygi good TURKIC eygi “good (Old Turkic form)” Eygi eygi root good eygi TURKIC “good (Old Turkic form)”
Eygi: parts and root words
  • eygi Turkic — good (Old Turkic form)1

How was the name Eygi formed?

Eygi is the adjective eygi (“good”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Who are some well-known people named Eygi?

  1. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi human rights defender 1998–2024
  2. Mehmet Şevket Eygi writer 1933–2019

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Eygi accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Eygi

Q1

What does the surname Eygi mean?

Eygi is recorded in Nişanyan Adlar as a name of Old Turkic origin meaning “good”. It reads as an older form of today’s iyi, “good”, and belongs to the names taken from older texts into the 20th-century repertoire.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Eygi?

The root word of Eygi is eygi (Turkic): “good (Old Turkic form)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Eygi?

Ey·gi, 2 syllables; IPA: /ejˈɡi/.