Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Küçükşahin

Küçükşahin /kytʃykʃaˈhin/ ASCII Kucuksahin

“little hawk”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
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 Küçükşahin?

Küçükşahin

IPA /kytʃykʃaˈhin/

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

What does the surname Küçükşahin mean?

Küçükşahin is built from küçük, “small”, and şahin, “hawk”: “little hawk”. According to Nişanyan’s dictionary şahin comes from Persian šāhīn, “a bird of prey, falcon”; Wiktionary notes that in Middle Persian it meant “kingly, majestic”. Şahin is also a common male name.1,2

Grammar küçük + şahin: adjective + noun compound.

That Küçükşahin goes back to küçük and şahin is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Küçükşahin made of?

Küçükşahin breaks into 2 parts: küçük (small; younger) + şahin (hawk, buzzard).

Küçükşahin + first element küçük small; younger TURKIC küçük “small” root şahin hawk, buzzard PERSIAN şahin “bird of prey; Persianšāhīn” Küçükşahin küçük first element small; younger küçük TURKIC “small” şahin root hawk, buzzard şahin PERSIAN “bird of prey; Persian šāhīn”
Küçükşahin: parts and root words
  • küçük Turkic — small1
  • şahin Persian — bird of prey; Persian šāhīn2

How was the name Küçükşahin formed?

Küçükşahin belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (küçük + şahin).

Which surnames are related to Küçükşahin?

Küçükşahin Şahin Küçük Şahiner Şahinkaya Şahinoğlu Özşahin Karaküçük Küçükoğlu Şahinbaş Küçükay Şahinler Erşahin
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Şahin same root 6 688,214
02 Küçük same root – –
03 Şahiner same root – –
04 Şahinkaya same root – –
05 Şahinoğlu same root – –
06 Özşahin same root – –
07 Karaküçük same root – –
08 Küçükoğlu same root – –
09 Şahinbaş same root – –
10 Küçükay same root – –
11 Şahinler same root – –
12 Erşahin same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Küçükşahin?

  1. Mahmut Küçükşahin association football player 2004–
  2. Fahrettin Küçükşahin marine engineer 1929–
  3. Orhan Küçükşahin researcher
  4. Orhan Küçükşahin researcher
  5. Orhan Küçükşahin researcher

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

How is Küçükşahin written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Kucuksahin. In Turkish, ş sounds like English sh; ç sounds like English ch in “church”; ü is like the vowel in French “tu”.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: şahin accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: şahin 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Küçükşahin

Q1

What does the surname Küçükşahin mean?

Küçükşahin is built from küçük, “small”, and şahin, “hawk”: “little hawk”. According to Nişanyan’s dictionary şahin comes from Persian šāhīn, “a bird of prey, falcon”; Wiktionary notes that in Middle Persian it meant “kingly, majestic”. Şahin is also a common male name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Küçükşahin?

The root word of Küçükşahin is küçük (Persian): “small”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Küçükşahin?

Kü·çük·şa·hin, 4 syllables; IPA: /kytʃykʃaˈhin/.