Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Güngör

Güngör /ɟynˈɟøɾ/ ASCII Gungor

“may you see good days”2

Province lists
31
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
From a verb
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 Güngör?

Güngör

IPA /ɟynˈɟøɾ/

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

What does the surname Güngör mean?

Gün, “day”, joins gör, the imperative of görmek, “to see”: “see days”. In Turkish gün görmek means to live good, happy days, so the name wishes the child a long and happy life. It is used as a male given name.2,4

Grammar Noun plus imperative: gün + gör- (second-person imperative of görmek).

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

What is Güngör made of?

Güngör is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: gün (day; good days) + gör (imperative of görmek “to see”).

Güngör + root gün day; good days TURKIC gün “day; sun; happy time” root gör imperative of görmek “tosee” TURKIC görmek “to see; to experience,live through” Güngör gün root day; good days gün TURKIC “day; sun; happy time” gör root imperative of görmek “to see” görmek TURKIC “to see; to experience, livethrough”
Güngör: parts and root words
  • gün Turkic — day; sun; happy time2
  • görmek Turkic — to see; to experience, live through4

How was the name Güngör formed?

Güngör was formed by joining gün (“day; good days”) and gör (“imperative of görmek “to see””).

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

Which surnames are related to Güngör?

Güngör Güner Akgün Günay Güney Ergün Gündoğdu Aygün Günaydın Günal Gün Gören Gündoğan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Güner same root – –
02 Akgün same root – –
03 Günay same root – –
04 Güney same root – –
05 Ergün same root – –
06 Gündoğdu same root – –
07 Aygün same root – –
08 Günaydın same root – –
09 Günal same root – –
10 Gün same root – –
11 Gören same root – –
12 Gündoğan same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Güngör most common?

Güngör is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 3 provinces; its best rank is 19th in Denizli.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli · rank 19 · 3,299 people Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli · rank 24 · 327 people Şanlıurfa Uşak · rank 28 · 1,373 people Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 3
  • Not listed
Güngör: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Denizli193,299
02Uşak281,373
03Tunceli24327

Who are some well-known people named Güngör?

  1. Emre Güngör association football player 1984–
  2. Hasan Güngör amateur wrestler 1934–2011
  3. Eren Güngör association football player 1988–
  4. Erol Güngör sociologist 1938–1983
  5. Çetin Güngör association football player 1990–
  6. Adnan Güngör association football player 1980–
  7. Baturalp Burak Güngör volleyball player 1993–
  8. Engin Güngör association football player 1986–

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

Is Güngör also a first name?

Yes. Güngör is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “may you see good days”.

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

How is Güngör written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Güngör is usually written Gungor or Guengoer.

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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gün accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gün accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: görmek accessed 8 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
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Güngör

Q1

What does the surname Güngör mean?

Gün, “day”, joins gör, the imperative of görmek, “to see”: “see days”. In Turkish gün görmek means to live good, happy days, so the name wishes the child a long and happy life. It is used as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Güngör?

Güngör is made up of two elements: gün “day; sun; happy time” (Turkic) and görmek “to see; to experience, live through” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Güngör?

Gün·gör, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɟynˈɟøɾ/.