Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kızılca

Kızılca /kɯzɯɫˈdʒa/ ASCII Kizilca

“reddish”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Adjective
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Initial
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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 Kızılca?

Kızılca

IPA /kɯzɯɫˈdʒa/

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

What does the surname Kızılca mean?

Kızılca is kızıl “red” with the suffix -ca, “reddish”; a variety of wheat is also called by this name. Many Anatolian villages and towns are named Kızılca.1

Grammar kızıl + -ca.

Kızılca is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kızılca made of?

Kızılca is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kızıl (kızıl: red) + -ca (diminutive/approximative suffix).

Kızılca + root kızıl kızıl: red TURKIC kızılca “reddish” suffix -ca diminutive/approximativesuffix Kızılca kızıl root kızıl: red kızılca TURKIC “reddish” -ca suffix diminutive/approximative suffix
Kızılca: parts and root words
  • kızılca Turkic — reddish1

How was the name Kızılca formed?

Kızılca was formed by adding the suffix -ca (“diminutive/approximative suffix”) to kızıl (“kızıl: red”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Kızılca?

Kızılca Kızıl Kızılkaya Kızılay Kızıldağ Kızıltaş Kızıltuğ Kızılcık Kızıltepe Kızıltunç Kızılcan Kızıldemir Kızıldoğan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kızıl same root – –
02 Kızılkaya same root – –
03 Kızılay same root – –
04 Kızıldağ same root – –
05 Kızıltaş same root – –
06 Kızıltuğ same root – –
07 Kızılcık same root – –
08 Kızıltepe same root – –
09 Kızıltunç same root – –
10 Kızılcan same root – –
11 Kızıldemir same root – –
12 Kızıldoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kızılca?

  1. Fatih Kızılca basketball player 1992–
  2. Özgür Kızılca university teacher

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

How is Kızılca written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Kizilca: dotless ı (and İ) is usually written i.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kızılca accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kızılca

Q1

What does the surname Kızılca mean?

Kızılca is kızıl “red” with the suffix -ca, “reddish”; a variety of wheat is also called by this name. Many Anatolian villages and towns are named Kızılca.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kızılca?

The root word of Kızılca is kızılca (Turkic): “reddish”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kızılca?

Kı·zıl·ca, 3 syllables; IPA: /kɯzɯɫˈdʒa/.