SURNAMEEntry 3,473
Özen
“care, diligence”2
- CategoryVirtue and integrity
- OriginTurkic
- FormPlain noun
- Letters / syllables
- 4 / 2
- Formation
- Plain noun
- Vowel harmony
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How do you pronounce Özen?
The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Özen mean?
Özen is the effort to do a thing as well as one can: care, diligence, painstaking attention. A single dictionary word derived from öz, as a surname it suggests someone who does their work meticulously.2
Grammar A dictionary word; not to be split as Öz- + en.
Özen is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.
What is Özen made of?
Özen is a single Turkic root: özen (özen: care, diligence).
- özen Turkic — striving to do a thing as well as possible; care, diligence2
How was the name Özen formed?
Özen is the word özen (“özen: care, diligence”), taken unchanged as a surname.
Where in Türkiye is Özen most common?
Özen is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 30th in Denizli.1
- In the province top 30 1
- Not listed
| # | Province | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Denizli | 30 | 2,717 |
Who are some well-known people named Özen?
- Tülin Özen actor 1979–
- Gökhan Özen actor 1979–
- Mahmut Özen association football player 1988–
- Sinan Özen singer 1964–
- Eren Özen association football player 1983–
- Önder Özen association football player 1969–
- Ali Özen athlete 1971–
- Arif Özen amateur wrestler 1998–
People surnamed Özen as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
Is Özen also a first name?
Yes. Özen is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “care, diligence”.
Özen as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →
How is Özen written and pronounced abroad?
English-language records usually print Özen as Ozen, dropping the diacritics.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: özen
- 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: özen
- 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries
- 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com)
Common questions about Özen
- Q1
What does the surname Özen mean?
- Özen is the effort to do a thing as well as one can: care, diligence, painstaking attention. A single dictionary word derived from öz, as a surname it suggests someone who does their work meticulously.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Özen?
- The root word of Özen is özen (Turkic): “striving to do a thing as well as possible; care, diligence”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Özen?
- Ö·zen, 2 syllables; IPA: /øˈzen/.