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Gök

/ɟøc/ ASCII Gok

“sky; blue”2

Province lists
51
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
3 / 1
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Gök?

Gök

IPA /ɟøc/

What does the surname Gök mean?

Gök is the sky above us; as an adjective it means “blue” and in some dialects “green”. Old Turkic had kök, from Proto-Turkic *kȫk, “blue”. It is the first element of many names such as Göktürk and Gökhan.2

Gök is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Gök made of?

Gök is a single root: gök (sky; blue).

Gök root gök sky; blue TURKIC gök “sky; blue, green” Gök gök root sky; blue gök TURKIC “sky; blue, green”
Gök: parts and root words
  • gök Turkic — sky; blue, green2

How was the name Gök formed?

Gök belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Gök?

Gök Gökçe Göksu Gökçen Gökmen Gökalp Göktaş Gökçek Göksel Göktürk Göker Göktepe Gökdemir
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gökçe same root – –
02 Göksu same root – –
03 Gökçen same root – –
04 Gökmen same root – –
05 Gökalp same root – –
06 Göktaş same root – –
07 Gökçek same root – –
08 Göksel same root – –
09 Göktürk same root – –
10 Göker same root – –
11 Göktepe same root – –
12 Gökdemir same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Gök most common?

Gök is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 5 provinces; its best rank is 10th in Osmaniye.1

Adana · rank 25 · 6,580 people Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin · rank 22 · 6,388 people Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş · rank 15 · 5,614 people Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak · rank 27 · 1,868 people Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye · rank 10 · 3,253 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 5
  • Not listed
Gök: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Adana256,580
02Mersin226,388
03Kahramanmaraş155,614
04Osmaniye103,253
05Şırnak271,868

Who are some well-known people named Gök?

  1. Abdurrahman Gök journalist
  2. Emin Gök volleyball player 1988–
  3. Levent Gök politician 1959–
  4. Cahit Gök actor 1981–
  5. Abdülkerim Gök statesperson 1970–
  6. Ali Gök researcher
  7. Barış Gök association football player 1993–
  8. Bülent Ersin Gök statesperson 1951–2017

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

Is Gök also a first name?

Yes. Gök is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “sky; blue”.

Gök as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Gök written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Gök is usually written Gok or Goek.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gök accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Gök

Q1

What does the surname Gök mean?

Gök is the sky above us; as an adjective it means “blue” and in some dialects “green”. Old Turkic had kök, from Proto-Turkic *kȫk, “blue”. It is the first element of many names such as Göktürk and Gökhan.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gök?

The root word of Gök is gök (Turkic): “sky; blue, green”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gök?

Gök, 1 syllable; IPA: /ɟøc/.