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Kızıldoğan

Kızıldoğan /kɯzɯɫdoˈan/ ASCII Kizildogan

“red falcon; rising red sun”1

Probable origin Kızıldoğan: root entries for kızıl + doğan · How do we know?

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How do you pronounce Kızıldoğan?

Kızıldoğan

IPA /kɯzɯɫdoˈan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Kızıldoğan mean?

Built from kızıl ‘red’ and doğan. Doğan is both the name of a falcon and the participle of doğmak ‘to be born, to rise’, so the name can be read as ‘red falcon’ or ‘rising red (sun)’.1,2

Grammar kızıl + doğan.

That Kızıldoğan goes back to kızıl and doğan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kızıldoğan made of?

Kızıldoğan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kızıl (kızıl: red) + doğan (doğan: falcon; rising, born).

Kızıldoğan + root kızıl kızıl: red TURKIC kızıl “red” root doğan doğan: falcon; rising,born TURKIC doğan “falcon; participle ofdoğmak ‘to be born, to…’” Kızıldoğan kızıl root kızıl: red kızıl TURKIC “red” doğan root doğan: falcon; rising, born doğan TURKIC “falcon; participle of doğmak ‘tobe born, to rise’”
Kızıldoğan: parts and root words
  • kızıl Turkic — red1
  • doğan Turkic — falcon; participle of doğmak ‘to be born, to rise’2

How was the name Kızıldoğan formed?

Kızıldoğan was formed by joining kızıl (“kızıl: red”) and doğan (“doğan: falcon; rising, born”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Kızıldoğan?

Kızıldoğan Doğan Erdoğan Aydoğan Akdoğan Doğanay Kızıl
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
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01 Doğan same root 12 485,906
02 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
03 Aydoğan same root – –
04 Akdoğan same root – –
05 Doğanay same root – –
06 Kızıl same root – –
07 Kızılkaya same root – –
08 Özdoğan same root – –
09 Kızılay same root – –
10 Karadoğan same root – –
11 Tandoğan same root – –
12 Türkdoğan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kızıldoğan?

  1. Esra Kızıldoğan film actor 1979–
  2. Hüsrev Sami Kızıldoğan politician 1884–1942

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

How is Kızıldoğan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Kizildogan.

Which surnames have a meaning similar to Kızıldoğan?

Büyükdoğan, Özdoğan and Doğanlar share gloss keywords with Kızıldoğan within the same primary category.

Which guides add context to Kızıldoğan?

Read the root, formation and register information for Kızıldoğan alongside these guides: How Turkish Surnames Are Formed: Roots and Suffixes and How to Pronounce and Spell Turkish Surnames.

Where do these facts come from?

All sources accessed 8 November 2026

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kızıl
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: doğan
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: doğan
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kızıl
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)

Common questions about Kızıldoğan

Q1

What does the surname Kızıldoğan mean?

Built from kızıl ‘red’ and doğan. Doğan is both the name of a falcon and the participle of doğmak ‘to be born, to rise’, so the name can be read as ‘red falcon’ or ‘rising red (sun)’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kızıldoğan?

Kızıldoğan is made up of two elements: kızıl “red” (Turkic) and doğan “falcon; participle of doğmak ‘to be born, to rise’” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Kızıldoğan?

Kı·zıl·do·ğan, 4 syllables; IPA: /kɯzɯɫdoˈan/.