Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 1,437

Eyüboğlu

Eyüboğlu /ejyboːˈɫu/ ASCII Eyuboglu

“son of Eyüp (Job)”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
E
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Spellings
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Eyüboğlu?

Eyüboğlu

IPA /ejyboːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Eyüboğlu mean?

Eyüboğlu means son of a man named Eyüp. Eyüp is the Turkish form of Arabic Ayyūb, the biblical Job, known as a figure of patience. Before the vowel of -oğlu the final p of Eyüp becomes b, giving Eyüb-.1

Grammar Eyüp + oğul + -u; final p softens to b before a vowel.

What is Eyüboğlu made of?

Eyüboğlu breaks into 2 parts: Eyüp (male given name; Arabic Ayyūb) + -oğlu (son of).

Eyüboğlu + root Eyüp male given name; ArabicAyyūb ARABIC Eyyûb “name of the prophetknown for patience…” suffix -oğlu son of Eyüboğlu Eyüp root male given name; Arabic Ayyūb Eyyûb ARABIC “name of the prophet known forpatience (biblical Job)” -oğlu suffix son of
Eyüboğlu: parts and root words
  • Eyyûb Arabic — name of the prophet known for patience (biblical Job)1

How was the name Eyüboğlu formed?

Eyüboğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (Eyüp + -oğlu).

How else is Eyüboğlu spelled?

Eyüpoğluspelling

Who are some well-known people named Eyüboğlu?

  1. Ezgi Eyüboğlu actor 1988–
  2. Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu poet 1911–1975
  3. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu writer 1908–1973
  4. Mualla Eyüboğlu architect 1919–2009
  5. Eren Eyüboğlu painter 1907–1988
  6. Gökçe Eyüboğlu actor 1983–
  7. Cemal Reşit Eyüboğlu politician 1906–1988
  8. İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu writer 1925–2003

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

How is Eyüboğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Eyuboglu in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Eyüp accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: oğul accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Eyüp 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 Eyüboğlu

Q1

What does the surname Eyüboğlu mean?

Eyüboğlu means son of a man named Eyüp. Eyüp is the Turkish form of Arabic Ayyūb, the biblical Job, known as a figure of patience. Before the vowel of -oğlu the final p of Eyüp becomes b, giving Eyüb-.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Eyüboğlu?

The root word of Eyüboğlu is Eyyûb (Arabic): “name of the prophet known for patience (biblical Job)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Eyüboğlu?

E·yü·boğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /ejyboːˈɫu/.