Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gör

/ɡøɾ/ ASCII Gor

“see!, the seeing eye”1

Letters / syllables
3 / 1
Formation
From a verb
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 Gör?

Gör

IPA /ɡøɾ/

What does the surname Gör mean?

Gör is the imperative of görmek ‘to see’: ‘see!’. The verb comes from Old Turkic kör- and covers understanding and perceiving as well as seeing. The dictionary also has a separate word gör ‘grave’; for the surname the expected reading is the verb.1,3

Grammar Second-person singular imperative of görmek.

That Gör goes back to görmek and gör is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Gör is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Gör made of?

Gör is a single root: gör- (görmek: to see).

Gör + root gör- görmek: to see TURKIC görmek “to see; to perceive, tounderstand” TURKIC gör “Old Turkic kör- ‘to see’” Gör gör- root görmek: to see görmek TURKIC “to see; to perceive, tounderstand” gör TURKIC “Old Turkic kör- ‘to see’”
Gör: parts and root words
  • görmek Turkic — to see; to perceive, to understand1
  • gör Turkic — Old Turkic kör- ‘to see’3

How was the name Gör formed?

Gör belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Gör?

Gör Güngör Gören Görmez Üngör Görmüş Hoşgör Şengör Görgün Aygören Görsev Gördüm Görür
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Güngör same root – –
02 Gören same root – –
03 Görmez same root – –
04 Üngör same root – –
05 Görmüş same root – –
06 Hoşgör same root – –
07 Şengör same root – –
08 Görgün same root – –
09 Aygören same root – –
10 Görsev same root – –
11 Gördüm same root – –
12 Görür same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Gör?

  1. Yakup Gör amateur wrestler 1988–
  2. Lokman Gör association football player 1990–
  3. Ezgi Gör film actor 2003–
  4. Hamdi Namık Gör politician 1881–1957
  5. Kenan Gör amateur wrestler 2000–
  6. Rasim Oğulcan Gör swimmer 1998–
  7. Sıtkı Salih Gör writer 1936–
  8. Ender Gör association football player 2000–

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

How is Gör written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Gor in foreign passports and registers.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gör accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gör accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gör accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Gör

Q1

What does the surname Gör mean?

Gör is the imperative of görmek ‘to see’: ‘see!’. The verb comes from Old Turkic kör- and covers understanding and perceiving as well as seeing. The dictionary also has a separate word gör ‘grave’; for the surname the expected reading is the verb.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gör?

The root word of Gör is görmek (Turkic): “to see; to perceive, to understand”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gör?

Gör, 1 syllable; IPA: /ɡøɾ/.