Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Öçsoy

Öçsoy /øtʃˈsoj/ ASCII Ocsoy

“lineage of requital”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Ö
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Öçsoy?

Öçsoy

IPA /øtʃˈsoj/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Öçsoy mean?

Made of öç ‘revenge, settling of accounts’ and soy ‘lineage’, the name is understood roughly as ‘a line that settles its scores’. Nişanyan traces öç to Old Turkic ȫç ‘revenge, requital’. The head of the name is soy.1,2

Grammar öç + soy.

That Öçsoy goes back to öç and soy is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Öçsoy made of?

Öçsoy is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: öç (revenge) + soy (lineage).

Öçsoy + root öç revenge TURKIC öç “revenge, settling ofaccounts” root soy lineage TURKIC soy “lineage, family” Öçsoy öç root revenge öç TURKIC “revenge, settling of accounts” soy root lineage soy TURKIC “lineage, family”
Öçsoy: parts and root words
  • öç Turkic — revenge, settling of accounts1
  • soy Turkic — lineage, family2

How was the name Öçsoy formed?

Öçsoy was formed by joining öç (“revenge”) and soy (“lineage”).

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

Which surnames are related to Öçsoy?

Öçsoy Aksoy Gürsoy Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Atasoy Şensoy Soydan Soyer Yücesoy
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aksoy same root – –
02 Gürsoy same root – –
03 Ulusoy same root – –
04 Özsoy same root – –
05 Ersoy same root – –
06 Soysal same root – –
07 Soylu same root – –
08 Atasoy same root – –
09 Şensoy same root – –
10 Soydan same root – –
11 Soyer same root – –
12 Yücesoy same root – –

How is Öçsoy written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Ocsoy in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: öç accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: soy accessed 9 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 Öçsoy

Q1

What does the surname Öçsoy mean?

Made of öç ‘revenge, settling of accounts’ and soy ‘lineage’, the name is understood roughly as ‘a line that settles its scores’. Nişanyan traces öç to Old Turkic ȫç ‘revenge, requital’. The head of the name is soy.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Öçsoy?

Öçsoy is made up of two elements: öç “revenge, settling of accounts” (Turkic) and soy “lineage, family” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Öçsoy?

Öç·soy, 2 syllables; IPA: /øtʃˈsoj/.