Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kırbaş

Kırbaş /kɯɾˈbaʃ/ ASCII Kirbas

“grey-headed”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Compound
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 Kırbaş?

Kırbaş

IPA /kɯɾˈbaʃ/

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

What does the surname Kırbaş mean?

Read as kır ‘grey, grizzled’ + baş ‘head’, the name means ‘grey-headed’. Kır comes from Old Turkic kır ‘mountain’; according to Nişanyan the sense shifted from ‘mountain top’ to ‘wild land’ and then to ‘the colour of rock and desert’. Kırbaş is also a village name in Izmir and Antalya provinces.1,2

Grammar kır + baş.

That Kırbaş goes back to kır and baş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kırbaş made of?

Kırbaş breaks into 2 parts: kır (grey) + baş (head).

Kırbaş + root kır grey TURKIC kır “grey” root baş head TURKIC baş “head” Kırbaş kır root grey kır TURKIC “grey” baş root head baş TURKIC “head”
Kırbaş: parts and root words
  • kır Turkic — grey2
  • baş Turkic — head1

How was the name Kırbaş formed?

Kırbaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kır + baş).

Which surnames are related to Kırbaş?

Kırbaş Akbaş Baş Subaşı Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Kır Kırca Başoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaş same root – –
02 Baş same root – –
03 Subaşı same root – –
04 Başer same root – –
05 Kocabaş same root – –
06 Erbaş same root – –
07 Baştürk same root – –
08 Demirbaş same root – –
09 Başkan same root – –
10 Kır same root – –
11 Kırca same root – –
12 Başoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kırbaş?

  1. Sadık Kırbaş politician 1944–
  2. Ahmet Kırbaş researcher
  3. Akın Kırbaş researcher
  4. Bulut Kırbaş film director 1984–
  5. Hamza Kırbaş artist

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

How is Kırbaş written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Kirbas in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kır accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kırbaş 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 Kırbaş

Q1

What does the surname Kırbaş mean?

Read as kır ‘grey, grizzled’ + baş ‘head’, the name means ‘grey-headed’. Kır comes from Old Turkic kır ‘mountain’; according to Nişanyan the sense shifted from ‘mountain top’ to ‘wild land’ and then to ‘the colour of rock and desert’. Kırbaş is also a village name in Izmir and Antalya provinces.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kırbaş?

The root word of Kırbaş is kır (Turkic): “grey”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kırbaş?

Kır·baş, 2 syllables; IPA: /kɯɾˈbaʃ/.