Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ilıman

Ilıman /ɯɫɯˈman/ ASCII Iliman

“mild, temperate”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Initial
I
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Ilıman?

Ilıman

IPA /ɯɫɯˈman/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Ilıman mean?

Ilıman is an adjective for weather or a climate that is neither very hot nor very cold, as in ılıman iklim, “a temperate climate”. Nişanyan’s dictionary traces it to limanlık, a word for a calm, windless sea, which in turn comes from liman, “harbour”, a loan from Greek. The same source adds that the word was reinterpreted as “fine weather”, perhaps under the influence of ılınmak, “to become lukewarm”, and received its present sense during the language reform.2,3

Grammar Adjective; derived from limanlık according to Nişanyan.

That Ilıman goes back to ılıman and liman is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Ilıman is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Ilıman made of?

Ilıman is a single root: ılıman (mild, temperate).

Ilıman + root ılıman mild, temperate TURKIC ılıman “mild, temperate” GREEK liman “harbour, shelteredplace; from Greek limén” Ilıman ılıman root mild, temperate ılıman TURKIC “mild, temperate” liman GREEK “harbour, sheltered place; fromGreek limén”
Ilıman: parts and root words
  • ılıman Turkic — mild, temperate2
  • liman Greek — harbour, sheltered place; from Greek limén3

How was the name Ilıman formed?

Ilıman belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Who are some well-known people named Ilıman?

  1. Mert Ilıman association football player 1995–
  2. Rıza Ilıman politician 1934–2014

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

How is Ilıman written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Iliman.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ılıman accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ılıman accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: liman 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 Ilıman

Q1

What does the surname Ilıman mean?

Ilıman is an adjective for weather or a climate that is neither very hot nor very cold, as in ılıman iklim, “a temperate climate”. Nişanyan’s dictionary traces it to limanlık, a word for a calm, windless sea, which in turn comes from liman, “harbour”, a loan from Greek. The same source adds that the word was reinterpreted as “fine weather”, perhaps under the influence of ılınmak, “to become lukewarm”, and received its present sense during the language reform.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ilıman?

The root word of Ilıman is ılıman (Greek): “mild, temperate”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ilıman?

I·lı·man, 3 syllables; IPA: /ɯɫɯˈman/.