Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özat

Özat /øˈzat/ ASCII Ozat

“true name”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Ö
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 Özat?

Özat

IPA /øˈzat/

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

What does the surname Özat mean?

Nişanyan Adlar records Özat as ‘true name’, from öz ‘own, true’ and at ‘name’, an older and dialectal form of ad. The name also occurs as Özad.1

Grammar öz + at (= ad ‘name’).

What is Özat made of?

Özat breaks into 2 parts: öz (own, true) + at (name).

Özat + root öz own, true TURKIC öz “own, true” root at name TURKIC at “name (old form)” Özat öz root own, true öz TURKIC “own, true” at root name at TURKIC “name (old form)”
Özat: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — own, true1
  • at Turkic — name (old form)1

How was the name Özat formed?

Özat belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (öz + at).

Who are some well-known people named Özat?

  1. Ümit Özat association football player 1976–

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

How is Özat written and pronounced abroad?

In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Ozat: ö/ü are kept or written oe/ue.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Özat 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 Özat

Q1

What does the surname Özat mean?

Nişanyan Adlar records Özat as ‘true name’, from öz ‘own, true’ and at ‘name’, an older and dialectal form of ad. The name also occurs as Özad.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özat?

The root word of Özat is öz (Turkic): “own, true”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Özat?

Ö·zat, 2 syllables; IPA: /øˈzat/.