Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kulatay

Kulatay /kuɫaˈtaj/

“dun-coloured foal”1

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

How do you pronounce Kulatay?

Kulatay

IPA /kuɫaˈtaj/

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

What does the surname Kulatay mean?

Kula “dun, a yellowish coat with dark mane and tail” joins tay “foal”: “a dun foal”. Nişanyan traces both words to Old Turkic and notes a Mongolic cognate of kula.1,2

That Kulatay goes back to kula and tay is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kulatay made of?

Kulatay is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kula (kula: dun (horse colour)) + tay (tay: foal, colt).

Kulatay + root kula kula: dun (horse colour) TURKIC kula “dun, yellowish horsecolour” root tay tay: foal, colt TURKIC tay “foal” Kulatay kula root kula: dun (horse colour) kula TURKIC “dun, yellowish horse colour” tay root tay: foal, colt tay TURKIC “foal”
Kulatay: parts and root words
  • kula Turkic — dun, yellowish horse colour1
  • tay Turkic — foal2

How was the name Kulatay formed?

Kulatay was formed by joining kula (“kula: dun (horse colour)”) and tay (“tay: foal, colt”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Kulatay?

Kulatay Karatay Aktay Kula Berktay Göktay Karataylı Küntay
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karatay same root – –
02 Aktay same root – –
03 Kula same root – –
04 Berktay same root – –
05 Göktay same root – –
06 Karataylı same root – –
07 Küntay same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kulatay?

  1. Sıdıka Kulatay badminton player 1980–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kula accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tay 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

Common questions about Kulatay

Q1

What does the surname Kulatay mean?

Kula “dun, a yellowish coat with dark mane and tail” joins tay “foal”: “a dun foal”. Nişanyan traces both words to Old Turkic and notes a Mongolic cognate of kula.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kulatay?

Kulatay is made up of two elements: kula “dun, yellowish horse colour” (Turkic) and tay “foal” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Kulatay?

Ku·la·tay, 3 syllables; IPA: /kuɫaˈtaj/.