Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gökbulut

Gökbulut /ɟøcbuˈɫut/ ASCII Gokbulut

“cloud in the sky”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
G
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 Gökbulut?

Gökbulut

IPA /ɟøcbuˈɫut/

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

What does the surname Gökbulut mean?

Built from gök ‘sky; blue’ and bulut ‘cloud’: ‘cloud in the sky’ or ‘bluish cloud’. Both words are inherited Turkic; bulut goes back to Proto-Turkic bulït.1,2

Grammar gök + bulut.

That Gökbulut goes back to gök and bulut is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Gökbulut made of?

Gökbulut breaks into 2 parts: gök (sky; blue) + bulut (cloud).

Gökbulut + root gök sky; blue TURKIC gök “sky; blue” root bulut cloud TURKIC bulut “cloud” Gökbulut gök root sky; blue gök TURKIC “sky; blue” bulut root cloud bulut TURKIC “cloud”
Gökbulut: parts and root words
  • gök Turkic — sky; blue1
  • bulut Turkic — cloud2

How was the name Gökbulut formed?

Gökbulut belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (gök + bulut).

Which surnames are related to Gökbulut?

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

Who are some well-known people named Gökbulut?

  1. Nihat Gökbulut politician 1950–
  2. Cengiz Gökbulut researcher
  3. Julia Gökbulut chess player 1986–
  4. Nur Gökbulut professor 1954–

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

How is Gökbulut written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Gokbulut in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gök accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bulut 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

Common questions about Gökbulut

Q1

What does the surname Gökbulut mean?

Built from gök ‘sky; blue’ and bulut ‘cloud’: ‘cloud in the sky’ or ‘bluish cloud’. Both words are inherited Turkic; bulut goes back to Proto-Turkic bulït.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gökbulut?

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

How do you pronounce Gökbulut?

Gök·bu·lut, 3 syllables; IPA: /ɟøcbuˈɫut/.