SURNAMEEntry 1,639
Güvenışık
“trust + light”1
- CategoryLight and fire
- OriginTurkic
- FormCompound
- Letters / syllables
- 9 / 4
- Formation
- Compound
- Vowel harmony
- mixed
- Initial
- G
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How do you pronounce Güvenışık?
The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Güvenışık mean?
A compound of güven ‘trust’ and ışık ‘light’: ‘light of trust’. Güven is recorded in Nişanyan Adlar as a name meaning ‘trust’. Işık goes back to Old Turkic yaşuk ‘light, sun’, according to Nişanyan.1,2
Grammar güven + ışık.
That Güvenışık goes back to güven and ışık is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.
How was the name Güvenışık formed?
Güvenışık belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (güven + ışık).
Which surnames are related to Güvenışık?
| # | Surname | Relation | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Güven | same root | – | – |
| 02 | Işık | same root | – | – |
| 03 | Güvenç | same root | – | – |
| 04 | Ergüven | same root | – | – |
| 05 | Özışık | same root | – | – |
| 06 | Işıklar | same root | – | – |
| 07 | Güvener | same root | – | – |
| 08 | Altınışık | same root | – | – |
| 09 | Güvenir | same root | – | – |
| 10 | Akışık | same root | – | – |
| 11 | Güvenilir | same root | – | – |
| 12 | Altunışık | same root | – | – |
Who are some well-known people named Güvenışık?
- Sercan Güvenışık association football player 1980–
- Övünç Güvenışık film actor 1981–
People surnamed Güvenışık as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
How is Güvenışık written and pronounced abroad?
In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Guvenisik: ı/İ become i/I; ş becomes s (German records sometimes sch); ö/ü are kept or written oe/ue.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Güven
- 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ışık
- 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759)
Common questions about Güvenışık
- Q1
What does the surname Güvenışık mean?
- A compound of güven ‘trust’ and ışık ‘light’: ‘light of trust’. Güven is recorded in Nişanyan Adlar as a name meaning ‘trust’. Işık goes back to Old Turkic yaşuk ‘light, sun’, according to Nişanyan.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Güvenışık?
- The root word of Güvenışık is güven (Turkic): “trust”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Güvenışık?
- Gü·ve·nı·şık, 4 syllables; IPA: /ɡyvenɯˈʃɯk/.