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Işık

Işık /ɯˈʃɯk/ ASCII Isik

“light”2

Province lists
111
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
Plain noun
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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 Işık?

Işık

IPA /ɯˈʃɯk/

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

What does the surname Işık mean?

Işık means light, the brightness that makes things visible. The word is tied to ışımak, “to shine”, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *yaĺčuk, “light, sun”. As a name it stands for brightness, hope and guidance, and it is given to girls and boys.2

Işık is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Işık made of?

Işık is a single Turkic root: ışık (light).

Işık root ışık light TURKIC ışık “light; source of light” Işık ışık root light ışık TURKIC “light; source of light”
Işık: parts and root words
  • ışık Turkic — light; source of light2

How was the name Işık formed?

Işık is the word ışık (“light”), 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 Işık?

Işık Özışık Işıklar Altınışık Akışık Altunışık Bolışık Güvenışık
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özışık same root – –
02 Işıklar same root – –
03 Altınışık same root – –
04 Akışık same root – –
05 Altunışık same root – –
06 Bolışık same root – –
07 Güvenışık same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Işık most common?

Işık is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 11 provinces; its best rank is 10th in Batman.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı · rank 16 · 3,254 people Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir · rank 27 · 4,291 people Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis · rank 19 · 1,157 people Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale · rank 30 · 1,689 people Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır 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 · rank 22 · 2,048 people Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas · rank 24 · 2,311 people Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak · rank 23 · 1,485 people Van · rank 24 · 3,517 people Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman · rank 10 · 4,689 people Şırnak Bartın Ardahan · rank 23 · 467 people Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce · rank 30 · 1,432 people Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 11
  • Not listed
Işık: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Batman104,689
02Balıkesir274,291
03Van243,517
04Ağrı163,254
05Sivas242,311
06Muş222,048

Who are some well-known people named Işık?

  1. Ayhan Işık film actor 1929–1979
  2. Nejla Işık environmentalist 1980–
  3. Fikri Işık politician 1965–
  4. Volkan Işık racing automobile driver 1967–
  5. Hasan Esat Işık politician 1916–1989
  6. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Islamicist 1911–2001
  7. Fatma Işık association football player 1991–
  8. Kenan Işık actor 1947–2024

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

Is Işık also a first name?

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

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

How is Işık written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Işık is usually written Isik.

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: ışık accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ışık 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 Işık

Q1

What does the surname Işık mean?

Işık means light, the brightness that makes things visible. The word is tied to ışımak, “to shine”, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *yaĺčuk, “light, sun”. As a name it stands for brightness, hope and guidance, and it is given to girls and boys.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Işık?

The root word of Işık is ışık (Turkic): “light; source of light”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Işık?

I·şık, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɯˈʃɯk/.