Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gürses

Gürses /ɡyɾˈses/ ASCII Gurses

“strong, full voice”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
front
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 Gürses?

Gürses

IPA /ɡyɾˈses/

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

What does the surname Gürses mean?

Gürses means ‘full voice’, a strong, rich voice that carries far. Used of a voice, Turkish gür describes a loud, resonant tone. It is a compound with the element Gür-, much favoured in the 1934 surname repertoire.1,2

Grammar gür + ses: adjective–noun compound; not a dictionary headword.

That Gürses goes back to gür and ses is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Gürses made of?

Gürses is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: gür (abundant, strong, full) + ses (voice, sound).

Gürses + first element gür abundant, strong, full TURKIC gür “thick, abundant; strong,loud (of a voice)” root ses voice, sound TURKIC ses “sound; human voice” Gürses gür first element abundant, strong, full gür TURKIC “thick, abundant; strong, loud(of a voice)” ses root voice, sound ses TURKIC “sound; human voice”
Gürses: parts and root words
  • gür Turkic — thick, abundant; strong, loud (of a voice)1
  • ses Turkic — sound; human voice2

How was the name Gürses formed?

Gürses is a name newly coined from gür (“abundant, strong, full”) and ses (“voice, sound”) in the years of the surname law.

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

Which surnames are related to Gürses?

Gürses Gürsoy Gürkan Gür Gürel Gürsel Gürcan Gürler Gürpınar Gürer Gürkaynak Gürol Gürsu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gürsoy same root – –
02 Gürkan same root – –
03 Gür same root – –
04 Gürel same root – –
05 Gürsel same root – –
06 Gürcan same root – –
07 Gürler same root – –
08 Gürpınar same root – –
09 Gürer same root – –
10 Gürkaynak same root – –
11 Gürol same root – –
12 Gürsu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Gürses?

  1. Müslüm Gürses actor 1953–2013
  2. Sabri Gürses writer 1972–
  3. Uğur Gürses journalist 1901–
  4. Özlem Gürses journalist 1970–
  5. Emin Gürses academic 1957–
  6. Ergin Gürses association football player 1942–2002
  7. Hakan Gürses musician 1961–
  8. Muharrem Gürses actor 1913–1999

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

Is Gürses also a first name?

Yes. Gürses is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “strong, full voice”.

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

How is Gürses written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Gurses in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gür accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ses accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gür accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ses 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Gürses

Q1

What does the surname Gürses mean?

Gürses means ‘full voice’, a strong, rich voice that carries far. Used of a voice, Turkish gür describes a loud, resonant tone. It is a compound with the element Gür-, much favoured in the 1934 surname repertoire.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gürses?

Gürses is made up of two elements: gür “thick, abundant; strong, loud (of a voice)” (Turkic) and ses “sound; human voice” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Gürses?

Gür·ses, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɡyɾˈses/.