Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Göksungur

Göksungur /ɟøcsunˈɡuɾ/ ASCII Goksungur

“falcon of the sky”2

Letters / syllables
9 / 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 Göksungur?

Göksungur

IPA /ɟøcsunˈɡuɾ/

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

What does the surname Göksungur mean?

Gök “sky; blue” joins sungur “gyrfalcon”: “falcon of the sky”. Nişanyan traces sungur to Old Turkic suŋkur, a falcon-like bird of prey.1,2

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

What is Göksungur made of?

Göksungur is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: gök (gök: sky; blue) + sungur (sungur: gyrfalcon).

Göksungur + root gök gök: sky; blue TURKIC gök “sky; blue” root sungur sungur: gyrfalcon TURKIC sungur “gyrfalcon” Göksungur gök root gök: sky; blue gök TURKIC “sky; blue” sungur root sungur: gyrfalcon sungur TURKIC “gyrfalcon”
Göksungur: parts and root words
  • gök Turkic — sky; blue2
  • sungur Turkic — gyrfalcon1

How was the name Göksungur formed?

Göksungur was formed by joining gök (“gök: sky; blue”) and sungur (“sungur: gyrfalcon”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Göksungur?

Göksungur Gökçe Gök Sungur Göksu Gökçen Gökmen Gökalp Göktaş Gökçek Göksel Göktürk Göker
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 Gök same root – –
03 Sungur same root – –
04 Göksu same root – –
05 Gökçen same root – –
06 Gökmen same root – –
07 Gökalp same root – –
08 Göktaş same root – –
09 Gökçek same root – –
10 Göksel same root – –
11 Göktürk same root – –
12 Göker same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Göksungur?

  1. Yekta Göksungur university teacher

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

How is Göksungur written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Goksungur: ö and ü often lose their dots.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: sungur accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gök accessed 9 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

Common questions about Göksungur

Q1

What does the surname Göksungur mean?

Gök “sky; blue” joins sungur “gyrfalcon”: “falcon of the sky”. Nişanyan traces sungur to Old Turkic suŋkur, a falcon-like bird of prey.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Göksungur?

Göksungur is made up of two elements: gök “sky; blue” (Turkic) and sungur “gyrfalcon” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Göksungur?

Gök·sun·gur, 3 syllables; IPA: /ɟøcsunˈɡuɾ/.