Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,796

Kılıçer

Kılıçer /kɯɫɯˈtʃeɾ/ ASCII Kilicer

“sword warrior”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Kılıçer?

Kılıçer

IPA /kɯɫɯˈtʃeɾ/

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

What does the surname Kılıçer mean?

A compound of kılıç ‘sword’ and er ‘man, warrior’, read as ‘sword-bearing warrior’. Kılıç is attested in the same form in Old Turkic and derives from kıl- ‘to work, make’. Nişanyan Adlar counts names built on kılıç, such as Dalkılıç and Kankılıç, among the martial male names promoted by the Republic in the 1930s.1

Grammar kılıç + er (name element).

That Kılıçer goes back to kılıç and er is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Kılıçer made of?

Kılıçer is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kılıç (kılıç: sword) + er (er: man, brave warrior).

Kılıçer + root kılıç kılıç: sword TURKIC kılıç “sword” root er er: man, brave warrior TURKIC er “man, valiant warrior” Kılıçer kılıç root kılıç: sword kılıç TURKIC “sword” er root er: man, brave warrior er TURKIC “man, valiant warrior”
Kılıçer: parts and root words
  • kılıç Turkic — sword1
  • er Turkic — man, valiant warrior1

How was the name Kılıçer formed?

Kılıçer was formed by joining kılıç (“kılıç: sword”) and er (“er: man, brave warrior”).

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

Which surnames are related to Kılıçer?

Kılıçer Kılıç Kılıçaslan Dalkılıç Kılıçoğlu Kılıçarslan Kılıçkaya Akkılıç Kılıçdaroğlu Kılıçlı Kılıçkan Kılıçkıran Kılıçsallayan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kılıç same root 13 450,572
02 Kılıçaslan same root – –
03 Dalkılıç same root – –
04 Kılıçoğlu same root – –
05 Kılıçarslan same root – –
06 Kılıçkaya same root – –
07 Akkılıç same root – –
08 Kılıçdaroğlu same root – –
09 Kılıçlı same root – –
10 Kılıçkan same root – –
11 Kılıçkıran same root – –
12 Kılıçsallayan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kılıçer?

  1. Turgut Kılıçer civil servant 1920–

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

How is Kılıçer written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Kilicer.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Kılıç accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kılıç 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 Kılıçer

Q1

What does the surname Kılıçer mean?

A compound of kılıç ‘sword’ and er ‘man, warrior’, read as ‘sword-bearing warrior’. Kılıç is attested in the same form in Old Turkic and derives from kıl- ‘to work, make’. Nişanyan Adlar counts names built on kılıç, such as Dalkılıç and Kankılıç, among the martial male names promoted by the Republic in the 1930s.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kılıçer?

Kılıçer is made up of two elements: kılıç “sword” (Turkic) and er “man, valiant warrior” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Kılıçer?

Kı·lı·çer, 3 syllables; IPA: /kɯɫɯˈtʃeɾ/.