Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,297

Müderrisoğlu

Müderrisoğlu /mydeɾɾisoːˈɫu/ ASCII Muderrisoglu

“son of the madrasa teacher”1

Letters / syllables
12 / 5
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
M
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 Müderrisoğlu?

Müderrisoğlu

IPA /mydeɾɾisoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Müderrisoğlu mean?

The name means ‘son of the müderris’, the title of a teacher at an Ottoman madrasa. Nişanyan derives müderris from Arabic mudarris ‘one who teaches’, from darasa ‘to study’.1

Grammar müderris + -oğlu.

What is Müderrisoğlu made of?

Müderrisoğlu breaks into 2 parts: müderris (professor at a madrasa) + -oğlu (son of).

Müderrisoğlu + root müderris professor at a madrasa ARABIC müderris “teacher, professor” suffix -oğlu son of Müderrisoğlu müderris root professor at a madrasa müderris ARABIC “teacher, professor” -oğlu suffix son of
Müderrisoğlu: parts and root words
  • müderris Arabic — teacher, professor1

How was the name Müderrisoğlu formed?

Müderrisoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (müderris + -oğlu).

Who are some well-known people named Müderrisoğlu?

  1. Osman Müderrisoğlu statesperson 1938–
  2. Ahmet Müderrisoğlu researcher
  3. İbrahim Haldun Müderrisoğlu researcher

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

How is Müderrisoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Muderrisoglu: ğ, which is silent and lengthens the preceding vowel, becomes g; ö/ü are kept or written oe/ue.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: müderris accessed 8 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
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Müderrisoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Müderrisoğlu mean?

The name means ‘son of the müderris’, the title of a teacher at an Ottoman madrasa. Nişanyan derives müderris from Arabic mudarris ‘one who teaches’, from darasa ‘to study’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Müderrisoğlu?

The root word of Müderrisoğlu is müderris (Arabic): “teacher, professor”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Müderrisoğlu?

Mü·der·ri·soğ·lu, 5 syllables; IPA: /mydeɾɾisoːˈɫu/.