Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Günok

Günok /ɟyˈnok/ ASCII Gunok

“sun arrow”2

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Günok?

Günok

IPA /ɟyˈnok/

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

What does the surname Günok mean?

Built from gün ‘sun, day’ and ok ‘arrow’, giving the image of a ‘sun arrow’, as if the sun’s rays were arrows. Ok goes back to Proto-Turkic ok.1,2

Grammar gün + ok.

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

What is Günok made of?

Günok breaks into 2 parts: gün (day; sun) + ok (arrow).

Günok + root gün day; sun TURKIC gün “day; sun” root ok arrow TURKIC ok “arrow” Günok gün root day; sun gün TURKIC “day; sun” ok root arrow ok TURKIC “arrow”
Günok: parts and root words
  • gün Turkic — day; sun2
  • ok Turkic — arrow1

How was the name Günok formed?

Günok belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (gün + ok).

Which surnames are related to Günok?

Günok Güngör Güner Akgün Günay Güney Ergün Gündoğdu Aygün Günaydın Günal Gün Gündoğan
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 Güner same root – –
03 Akgün same root – –
04 Günay same root – –
05 Güney same root – –
06 Ergün same root – –
07 Gündoğdu same root – –
08 Aygün same root – –
09 Günaydın same root – –
10 Günal same root – –
11 Gün same root – –
12 Gündoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Günok?

  1. Mert Günok association football player 1989–

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

How is Günok written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Gunok in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ok accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gün 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 Günok

Q1

What does the surname Günok mean?

Built from gün ‘sun, day’ and ok ‘arrow’, giving the image of a ‘sun arrow’, as if the sun’s rays were arrows. Ok goes back to Proto-Turkic ok.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Günok?

The root word of Günok is gün (Turkic): “day; sun”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Günok?

Gü·nok, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɟyˈnok/.