Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kanatlı

Kanatlı /kanatˈɫɯ/ ASCII Kanatli

“winged”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
K
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 Kanatlı?

Kanatlı

IPA /kanatˈɫɯ/

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

What does the surname Kanatlı mean?

Kanatlı means ‘winged, having wings’; in the plural, kanatlılar also means poultry. Kanat ‘wing’ comes from Old Turkic kanat ‘bird’s wing’. There are also villages called Kanatlı in the Kurucaşile district of Bartın and the Derik district of Mardin.1

Grammar kanat + -lı.

That Kanatlı goes back to kanat is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Kanatlı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kanatlı made of?

Kanatlı breaks into 2 parts: kanat (wing) + -lı (from; having).

Kanatlı + root kanat wing TURKIC kanat “bird’s wing” suffix -lı from; having Kanatlı kanat root wing kanat TURKIC “bird’s wing” -lı suffix from; having
Kanatlı: parts and root words
  • kanat Turkic — bird’s wing1

How was the name Kanatlı formed?

Kanatlı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (kanat + -lı).

Which surnames are related to Kanatlı?

Kanatlı Aykanat Akkanat
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aykanat same root – –
02 Akkanat same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kanatlı?

  1. Firuz Kanatlı businessperson 1932–2017
  2. Şükrü Kanatlı soldier 1893–1954
  3. Ulunay Kanatlı researcher

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

How is Kanatlı written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Kanatli.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kanat accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kanatlı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Kanatlı 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 Kanatlı

Q1

What does the surname Kanatlı mean?

Kanatlı means ‘winged, having wings’; in the plural, kanatlılar also means poultry. Kanat ‘wing’ comes from Old Turkic kanat ‘bird’s wing’. There are also villages called Kanatlı in the Kurucaşile district of Bartın and the Derik district of Mardin.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kanatlı?

The root word of Kanatlı is kanat (Turkic): “bird’s wing”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kanatlı?

Ka·nat·lı, 3 syllables; IPA: /kanatˈɫɯ/.