Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gönlüm

Gönlüm /ɡønˈlym/ ASCII Gonlum

“my heart”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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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 Gönlüm?

Gönlüm

IPA /ɡønˈlym/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Gönlüm mean?

Gönlüm means ‘my heart’, an affectionate form of address. Gönül ‘heart, soul’ goes back to Old Turkic köŋül ‘breast, heart’ and drops its second vowel before the possessive ending. Nişanyan Adlar lists Gönlüm as a form of the given name Gönül.2

Grammar gönül + -üm (first-person possessive), with loss of the second vowel: gönl-üm.

What is Gönlüm made of?

Gönlüm breaks into 2 parts: gönül (heart, soul) + -üm (first-person possessive).

Gönlüm + root gönül heart, soul TURKIC gönül “heart, inner self;affection” suffix -üm first-person possessive Gönlüm gönül root heart, soul gönül TURKIC “heart, inner self; affection” -üm suffix first-person possessive
Gönlüm: parts and root words
  • gönül Turkic — heart, inner self; affection2

How was the name Gönlüm formed?

Gönlüm belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (gönül + -üm).

Which surnames are related to Gönlüm?

Gönlüm Gönül Gönültaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gönül same root – –
02 Gönültaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Gönlüm?

  1. Kerem Gönlüm basketball player 1977–
  2. Özay Gönlüm singer 1940–2000

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

How is Gönlüm written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Gonlum (in German records also Goenluem).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Gönlüm accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gönül 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 Gönlüm

Q1

What does the surname Gönlüm mean?

Gönlüm means ‘my heart’, an affectionate form of address. Gönül ‘heart, soul’ goes back to Old Turkic köŋül ‘breast, heart’ and drops its second vowel before the possessive ending. Nişanyan Adlar lists Gönlüm as a form of the given name Gönül.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gönlüm?

The root word of Gönlüm is gönül (Turkic): “heart, inner self; affection”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gönlüm?

Gön·lüm, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɡønˈlym/.