Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gönül

Gönül /ɟøˈnyl/ ASCII Gonul

“heart, soul”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
G
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Gönül?

Gönül

IPA /ɟøˈnyl/

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

What does the surname Gönül mean?

Gönül is the inner world held to be the seat of love, longing and desire: the emotional “heart” of Turkish. In Old Turkic it appears as köngül. The word at the centre of idioms like gönül vermek, “to give one’s heart”, is also a common female given name.1

Gönül is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Gönül made of?

Gönül is a single root: gönül (gönül: heart, the seat of feelings).

Gönül root gönül gönül: heart, the seat offeelings TURKIC gönül “heart, soul; desire,will” Gönül gönül root gönül: heart, the seat of feelings gönül TURKIC “heart, soul; desire, will”
Gönül: parts and root words
  • gönül Turkic — heart, soul; desire, will1

How was the name Gönül formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Gönül?

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

Who are some well-known people named Gönül?

  1. Gökhan Gönül association football player 1985–
  2. Vecdi Gönül politician 1939–
  3. Soner Gönül association football player 1997–
  4. Tayfun Gönül writer 1958–2012
  5. Müjgân Gönül actor 1985–
  6. Ali Rıza Gönül politician 1945–
  7. Azize Sibel Gönül politician 1966–
  8. Mustafa Gönül bureaucrat 1929–2010

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

Is Gönül also a first name?

Yes. Gönül is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “heart, soul”.

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

How is Gönül written and pronounced abroad?

Passports and English-language documents often show it as Gonul.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gönül accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Gönül

Q1

What does the surname Gönül mean?

Gönül is the inner world held to be the seat of love, longing and desire: the emotional “heart” of Turkish. In Old Turkic it appears as köngül. The word at the centre of idioms like gönül vermek, “to give one’s heart”, is also a common female given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gönül?

The root word of Gönül is gönül (Turkic): “heart, soul; desire, will”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gönül?

Gö·nül, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɟøˈnyl/.