Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,021

Kırımlı

Kırımlı /kɯɾɯmˈɫɯ/ ASCII Kirimli

“from the Crimea”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
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Initial
K
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Kırımlı?

Kırımlı

IPA /kɯɾɯmˈɫɯ/

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

What does the surname Kırımlı mean?

Kırımlı means ‘from the Crimea’. Kırım is the name of the peninsula north of the Black Sea, which reached Turkish from Crimean Tatar Qırım. It is unrelated to the common noun kırım ‘massacre’.1,2

Grammar Kırım + -lı: adjective of origin from a place name.

Kırımlı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kırımlı made of?

Kırımlı breaks into 2 parts: Kırım (the Crimea) + -lı (suffix -lI: from, native of (a place)).

Kırımlı ++ root Kırım the Crimea TURKIC kırımlı “person from the Crimea” suffix -lı suffix -lI: from, nativeof (a place) TURKIC Kırım “the Crimea” Kırımlı Kırım root the Crimea kırımlı TURKIC “person from the Crimea” -lı suffix suffix -lI: from, native of (a place) Kırım TURKIC “the Crimea”
Kırımlı: parts and root words
  • kırımlı Turkic — person from the Crimea1
  • Kırım Turkic — the Crimea2

How was the name Kırımlı formed?

Kırımlı belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (Kırım + -lı).

Who are some well-known people named Kırımlı?

  1. Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı politician 1920–2011
  2. Hakan Kırımlı historian 1958–
  3. Ceyhun Kırımlı researcher

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

How is Kırımlı written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Kirimli.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kırımlı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Kırım accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Kırımlı (anlam ayrımı) 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 Kırımlı

Q1

What does the surname Kırımlı mean?

Kırımlı means ‘from the Crimea’. Kırım is the name of the peninsula north of the Black Sea, which reached Turkish from Crimean Tatar Qırım. It is unrelated to the common noun kırım ‘massacre’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kırımlı?

The root word of Kırımlı is kırımlı (Turkic): “person from the Crimea”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kırımlı?

Kı·rım·lı, 3 syllables; IPA: /kɯɾɯmˈɫɯ/.