Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Göktepe

Göktepe /ɡøkteˈpe/ ASCII Goktepe

“blue hill, sky-high hill”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
G
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Göktepe?

Göktepe

IPA /ɡøkteˈpe/

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

What does the surname Göktepe mean?

Göktepe is made of gök and tepe: “blue hill” or “hill reaching to the sky”. In Turkish gök means both the sky and the colour blue, and tepe is a hill or summit. Many villages and neighbourhoods in Türkiye bear the name, and the historic fortress of Gökdepe in Turkmenistan has the same structure.1,2

Grammar gök + tepe (adjective + noun)

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

What is Göktepe made of?

Göktepe is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: gök (sky; blue) + tepe (hill).

Göktepe + root gök sky; blue TURKIC gök “sky; blue” root tepe hill TURKIC tepe “hill; summit” Göktepe gök root sky; blue gök TURKIC “sky; blue” tepe root hill tepe TURKIC “hill; summit”
Göktepe: parts and root words
  • gök Turkic — sky; blue1
  • tepe Turkic — hill; summit2

How was the name Göktepe formed?

Göktepe was formed by joining gök (“sky; blue”) and tepe (“hill”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Göktepe?

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

Who are some well-known people named Göktepe?

  1. Metin Göktepe journalist 1968–1996
  2. Nurceren Akgün Göktepe handball player 1992–
  3. Ahmet Nuri Göktepe politician 1889–1967
  4. İbrahim Göktepe politician 1938–
  5. Cihat Göktepe university teacher 1967–
  6. Fatma Göktepe researcher
  7. Mustafa Göktepe researcher
  8. Nilgün Göktepe researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gök accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gök accessed 9 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Göktepe

Q1

What does the surname Göktepe mean?

Göktepe is made of gök and tepe: “blue hill” or “hill reaching to the sky”. In Turkish gök means both the sky and the colour blue, and tepe is a hill or summit. Many villages and neighbourhoods in Türkiye bear the name, and the historic fortress of Gökdepe in Turkmenistan has the same structure.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Göktepe?

Göktepe is made up of two elements: gök “sky; blue” (Turkic) and tepe “hill; summit” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Göktepe?

Gök·te·pe, 3 syllables; IPA: /ɡøkteˈpe/.