Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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İyidoğan

İyidoğan /ijidoˈan/ ASCII Iyidogan

“good falcon; well-born”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
İ
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 İyidoğan?

İyidoğan

IPA /ijidoˈan/

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

What does the surname İyidoğan mean?

İyidoğan combines iyi ‘good’ and doğan. Doğan is both the name of a bird of prey and the participle of doğmak ‘to be born, to rise’, so the name can be read ‘good falcon’ or ‘born under a good sign’. Nişanyan traces the bird name to Old Turkic toġan, from toġ- ‘to rise’.1

Grammar iyi + doğan.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. doğan ‘falcon’: ‘good falcon’.
  2. doğan ‘born, rising’: ‘born under a good sign’.

What is İyidoğan made of?

İyidoğan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: iyi (iyi: good) + doğan (doğan: falcon; born, rising).

İyidoğan + root iyi iyi: good TURKIC edgü “useful, good” root doğan doğan: falcon; born,rising TURKIC toġan “bird of prey; from toġ-‘to rise’” İyidoğan iyi root iyi: good edgü TURKIC “useful, good” doğan root doğan: falcon; born, rising toġan TURKIC “bird of prey; from toġ- ‘torise’”
İyidoğan: parts and root words
  • edgü Turkic — useful, good1
  • toġan Turkic — bird of prey; from toġ- ‘to rise’1

How was the name İyidoğan formed?

İyidoğan was formed by joining iyi (“iyi: good”) and doğan (“doğan: falcon; born, rising”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to İyidoğan?

İyidoğan Doğan Erdoğan Aydoğan Akdoğan Doğanay Özdoğan İyigün Karadoğan Tandoğan Türkdoğan Alpdoğan Doğanlar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Doğan same root 12 485,906
02 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
03 Aydoğan same root – –
04 Akdoğan same root – –
05 Doğanay same root – –
06 Özdoğan same root – –
07 İyigün same root – –
08 Karadoğan same root – –
09 Tandoğan same root – –
10 Türkdoğan same root – –
11 Alpdoğan same root – –
12 Doğanlar same root – –

Who are some well-known people named İyidoğan?

  1. Ayşegül Karaküçük İyidoğan researcher
  2. Pınar İyidoğan researcher

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

How is İyidoğan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Iyidogan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: doğan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: eyi accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about İyidoğan

Q1

What does the surname İyidoğan mean?

İyidoğan combines iyi ‘good’ and doğan. Doğan is both the name of a bird of prey and the participle of doğmak ‘to be born, to rise’, so the name can be read ‘good falcon’ or ‘born under a good sign’. Nişanyan traces the bird name to Old Turkic toġan, from toġ- ‘to rise’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname İyidoğan?

İyidoğan is made up of two elements: edgü “useful, good” (Turkic) and toġan “bird of prey; from toġ- ‘to rise’” (Turkic). There are 3 competing views on where İyidoğan comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce İyidoğan?

İ·yi·do·ğan, 4 syllables; IPA: /ijidoˈan/.