Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Hacıoğlu

Hacıoğlu /hadʒɯoːˈɫu/ ASCII Hacioglu

“son of the pilgrim”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Hacıoğlu?

Hacıoğlu

IPA /hadʒɯoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Hacıoğlu mean?

Hacıoğlu means ‘son of the hacı’. A hacı is one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca; the word comes from Arabic ḥajj ‘pilgrimage’. Because the title was placed before the personal name, as in Hacı Mehmet, it readily became a family epithet.1,2

Grammar hacı + oğul + possessive -u.

What is Hacıoğlu made of?

Hacıoğlu breaks into 2 parts: hacı (one who has made the pilgrimage) + -oğlu (son of).

Hacıoğlu ++ root hacı one who has made thepilgrimage ARABIC hacı “pilgrim; from hac(Arabic ḥajj) + -ı” suffix -oğlu son of TURKIC oğul “son” Hacıoğlu hacı root one who has made the pilgrimage hacı ARABIC “pilgrim; from hac (Arabic ḥajj)+ -ı” -oğlu suffix son of oğul TURKIC “son”
Hacıoğlu: parts and root words
  • hacı Arabic — pilgrim; from hac (Arabic ḥajj) + -ı1
  • oğul Turkic — son2

How was the name Hacıoğlu formed?

Hacıoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (hacı + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Hacıoğlu?

Hacıoğlu Hacımüftüoğlu Hacıbekiroğlu Hacıpaşalıoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Hacımüftüoğlu same root – –
02 Hacıbekiroğlu same root – –
03 Hacıpaşalıoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Hacıoğlu?

  1. İsmail Hacıoğlu actor 1985–
  2. Murat Hacıoğlu association football player 1979–
  3. Mehmet Hacıoğlu association football player 1959–
  4. Kerem Orhun Hacıoğlu handball player 1998–
  5. Ahmet Hacıoğlu soldier 1964–
  6. Burcu Tarıkahya Hacıoğlu botanist
  7. Gökay Hacıoğlu basketball player 2002–
  8. Harun Hacıoğlu handball player 1998–

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

How is Hacıoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: hacı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: oğul accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Hacıoğlu 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Hacıoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Hacıoğlu mean?

Hacıoğlu means ‘son of the hacı’. A hacı is one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca; the word comes from Arabic ḥajj ‘pilgrimage’. Because the title was placed before the personal name, as in Hacı Mehmet, it readily became a family epithet.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Hacıoğlu?

The root word of Hacıoğlu is hacı (Arabic): “pilgrim; from hac (Arabic ḥajj) + -ı”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Hacıoğlu?

Ha·cı·oğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /hadʒɯoːˈɫu/.