Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özev

Özev /øˈzev/ ASCII Ozev

“one’s own home”2

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
front
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 Özev?

Özev

IPA /øˈzev/

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

What does the surname Özev mean?

Özev combines öz ‘own, genuine’ and ev ‘house, home’: ‘one’s own home’. Nişanyan traces ev to Old Turkic ev ‘dwelling, house’.1,2

Grammar öz + ev.

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

What is Özev made of?

Özev is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: öz (öz: own; genuine) + ev (ev: house, home).

Özev + root öz öz: own; genuine TURKIC öz “self; essence” root ev ev: house, home TURKIC ev “dwelling, house” Özev öz root öz: own; genuine öz TURKIC “self; essence” ev root ev: house, home ev TURKIC “dwelling, house”
Özev: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — self; essence2
  • ev Turkic — dwelling, house1

How was the name Özev formed?

Özev is a name newly coined from öz (“öz: own; genuine”) and ev (“ev: house, home”) in the years of the surname law.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Who are some well-known people named Özev?

  1. Ümran Özev association football player 1995–

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

How is Özev written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Ozev.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ev accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: öz accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Özev

Q1

What does the surname Özev mean?

Özev combines öz ‘own, genuine’ and ev ‘house, home’: ‘one’s own home’. Nişanyan traces ev to Old Turkic ev ‘dwelling, house’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özev?

Özev is made up of two elements: öz “self; essence” (Turkic) and ev “dwelling, house” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Özev?

Ö·zev, 2 syllables; IPA: /øˈzev/.