Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,436

Özak

Özak /øˈzak/ ASCII Ozak

“pure at heart”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Ö
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6As a first name
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Özak?

Özak

IPA /øˈzak/

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

What does the surname Özak mean?

Özak, also a female and male given name, combines öz ‘pure, genuine’ with ak ‘white, clean, spotless’: ‘pure at heart’. In Turkish ak carries the image of honesty and cleanness more than of colour.1,2,3

Grammar öz + ak: noun plus adjective.

That Özak goes back to öz and ak is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Özak made of?

Özak breaks into 2 parts: öz (pure, genuine) + ak (white; clean, spotless).

Özak ++ first element öz pure, genuine TURKIC öz “own; pure, genuine” root ak white; clean, spotless TURKIC ak “white; clean,unblemished” TURKIC Özak “female and male givenname” Özak öz first element pure, genuine öz TURKIC “own; pure, genuine” ak root white; clean, spotless ak TURKIC “white; clean, unblemished” Özak TURKIC “female and male given name”
Özak: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — own; pure, genuine1
  • ak Turkic — white; clean, unblemished2
  • Özak Turkic — female and male given name3

How was the name Özak formed?

Özak belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (öz + ak).

Who are some well-known people named Özak?

  1. Faruk Nafız Özak politician 1946–
  2. Muzaffer Özak composer 1916–1985
  3. Zeki Özak military personnel 1900–1982
  4. Argun A. Özak researcher
  5. Ömer Özak researcher
  6. Dilek Özak basketball player 1983–

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

Is Özak also a first name?

Yes. Özak is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “pure at heart”.

Özak as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Özak written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Ozak or Oezak.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: öz accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Özak accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Özak

Q1

What does the surname Özak mean?

Özak, also a female and male given name, combines öz ‘pure, genuine’ with ak ‘white, clean, spotless’: ‘pure at heart’. In Turkish ak carries the image of honesty and cleanness more than of colour.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özak?

The root word of Özak is öz (Turkic): “own; pure, genuine”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Özak?

Ö·zak, 2 syllables; IPA: /øˈzak/.