Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Güzel

Güzel /ɟyˈzel/ ASCII Guzel

“beautiful”2

Province lists
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province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
Adjective
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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 Güzel?

Güzel

IPA /ɟyˈzel/

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

What does the surname Güzel mean?

Güzel means beautiful, pleasing to eye and heart; it is also used for what is good and fitting. The word comes from Old Anatolian Turkish and goes back to Proto-Turkic *közäl, linked with göz, “eye”. The surname carries a wish for beauty and goodness.2

Grammar A single word, not a compound with the name element -el.

Güzel is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Güzel made of?

Güzel is a single Turkic root: güzel (beautiful, fine).

Güzel root güzel beautiful, fine TURKIC güzel “beautiful, pretty; good,fine” Güzel güzel root beautiful, fine güzel TURKIC “beautiful, pretty; good, fine”
Güzel: parts and root words
  • güzel Turkic — beautiful, pretty; good, fine2

How was the name Güzel formed?

Güzel is the adjective güzel (“beautiful, fine”), 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 Güzel?

Güzel Adıgüzel Sesigüzel Güzelses Güzeller Güzelmansur Güzelpınar İşigüzel
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Adıgüzel same root – –
02 Sesigüzel same root – –
03 Güzelses same root – –
04 Güzeller same root – –
05 Güzelmansur same root – –
06 Güzelpınar same root – –
07 İşigüzel same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Güzel most common?

Güzel is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 21st in Diyarbakır.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 21 · 8,169 people 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 Şanlıurfa Uşak 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 1
  • Not listed
Güzel: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Diyarbakır218,169

Who are some well-known people named Güzel?

  1. Hasan Celal Güzel politician 1945–2018
  2. Ecem Güzel sailor 1995–
  3. Galip Güzel association football player 1987–
  4. İsmail Güzel amateur wrestler 1986–
  5. Doğan Güzel artist 2000–
  6. Semra Güzel politician 1984–
  7. Atilla Güzel amateur wrestler 1984–
  8. Mehmet Güzel athletics competitor 1991–

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

Is Güzel also a first name?

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

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

How is Güzel written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Güzel is usually written Guzel or Guezel.

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: güzel accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: güzel 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 Güzel

Q1

What does the surname Güzel mean?

Güzel means beautiful, pleasing to eye and heart; it is also used for what is good and fitting. The word comes from Old Anatolian Turkish and goes back to Proto-Turkic *közäl, linked with göz, “eye”. The surname carries a wish for beauty and goodness.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Güzel?

The root word of Güzel is güzel (Turkic): “beautiful, pretty; good, fine”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Güzel?

Gü·zel, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɟyˈzel/.