Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gül

/ɟyl/ ASCII Gul

“rose”2

Province lists
151
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
3 / 1
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Gül?

Gül

IPA /ɟyl/

What does the surname Gül mean?

Gül is the rose, the thorny shrub with fragrant flowers. The word comes from Persian gul, “flower, rose”, and shares an ancient Iranian root with English rose. In Turkish culture it symbolises beauty and love, and it is a very common female given name.2

Gül is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Gül made of?

Gül is a single Persian root: gül (rose).

Gül root gül rose PERSIAN gul “flower, rose” Gül gül root rose gul PERSIAN “flower, rose”
Gül: parts and root words
  • gul Persian — flower, rose2

How was the name Gül formed?

Gül is the word gül (“rose”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Gül?

Gül Akgül Şengül Ergül Özgül Gülşen Güllü Morgül Sarıgül Algül Gülay Gülbahar Gülcan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akgül same root – –
02 Şengül same root – –
03 Ergül same root – –
04 Özgül same root – –
05 Gülşen same root – –
06 Güllü same root – –
07 Morgül same root – –
08 Sarıgül same root – –
09 Algül same root – –
10 Gülay same root – –
11 Gülbahar same root – –
12 Gülcan same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Gül most common?

Gül is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 15 provinces; its best rank is 11th in Kahramanmaraş.1

Adana · rank 24 · 6,672 people Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya · rank 18 · 1,644 people Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 30 · 675 people Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum · rank 29 · 1,498 people Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ · rank 17 · 3,091 people Erzincan · rank 16 · 1,064 people Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane · rank 21 · 744 people Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya · rank 30 · 2,206 people Manisa Kahramanmaraş · rank 11 · 6,915 people Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop · rank 23 · 969 people Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat · rank 20 · 2,350 people Trabzon Tunceli · rank 16 · 497 people Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır · rank 30 · 648 people Yalova · rank 30 · 752 people Karabük Kilis Osmaniye · rank 24 · 1,676 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 15
  • Not listed
Gül: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Kahramanmaraş116,915
02Adana246,672
03Elazığ173,091
04Tokat202,350
05Malatya302,206
06Osmaniye241,676

Who are some well-known people named Gül?

  1. Abdullah Gül politician 1950–
  2. Deniz Gül association football player 2004–
  3. Abdülhamit Gül politician 1977–
  4. Hayrünnisa Gül politician 1965–
  5. Gökhan Gül association football player 1998–
  6. Erdem Gül journalist 1967–
  7. Şifanur Gül actor 1997–
  8. Faruk Gül association football player 1988–

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

Is Gül also a first name?

Yes. Gül is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “rose”.

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

How is Gül written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Gül is usually written Gul or Guel.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gul accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gül 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Gül

Q1

What does the surname Gül mean?

Gül is the rose, the thorny shrub with fragrant flowers. The word comes from Persian gul, “flower, rose”, and shares an ancient Iranian root with English rose. In Turkish culture it symbolises beauty and love, and it is a very common female given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gül?

The root word of Gül is gul (Persian): “flower, rose”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gül?

Gül, 1 syllable; IPA: /ɟyl/.