Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özgürgün

Özgürgün /øzɡyɾˈɡyn/ ASCII Ozgurgun

“free day”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
front
Initial
Ö
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Özgürgün?

Özgürgün

IPA /øzɡyɾˈɡyn/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Özgürgün mean?

Özgürgün is made of özgür ‘free’ and gün ‘day, sun’: ‘free day’. Nişanyan notes that özgür may be derived from öz ‘self’, though this is not certain.1,2

Grammar özgür + gün.

That Özgürgün goes back to özgür and gün is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Özgürgün made of?

Özgürgün is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: özgür (özgür: free) + gün (gün: day; sun).

Özgürgün + root özgür özgür: free TURKIC özgür “free; according toNişanyan possibly…” root gün gün: day; sun TURKIC gün “day, sun” Özgürgün özgür root özgür: free özgür TURKIC “free; according to Nişanyanpossibly derived from öz” gün root gün: day; sun gün TURKIC “day, sun”
Özgürgün: parts and root words
  • özgür Turkic — free; according to Nişanyan possibly derived from öz1
  • gün Turkic — day, sun2

How was the name Özgürgün formed?

Özgürgün is a name newly coined from özgür (“özgür: free”) and gün (“gün: day; sun”) in the years of the surname law.

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

Which surnames are related to Özgürgün?

Özgürgün Güngör Güner Akgün Günay Güney Özgür Ergün Gündoğdu Aygün Günaydın Günal Gün
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Güngör same root – –
02 Güner same root – –
03 Akgün same root – –
04 Günay same root – –
05 Güney same root – –
06 Özgür same root – –
07 Ergün same root – –
08 Gündoğdu same root – –
09 Aygün same root – –
10 Günaydın same root – –
11 Günal same root – –
12 Gün same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Özgürgün?

  1. Hüseyin Özgürgün politician 1965–

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

How is Özgürgün written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Ozgurgun.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: özgür accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: gün 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 Özgürgün

Q1

What does the surname Özgürgün mean?

Özgürgün is made of özgür ‘free’ and gün ‘day, sun’: ‘free day’. Nişanyan notes that özgür may be derived from öz ‘self’, though this is not certain.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özgürgün?

Özgürgün is made up of two elements: özgür “free; according to Nişanyan possibly derived from öz” (Turkic) and gün “day, sun” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Özgürgün?

Öz·gür·gün, 3 syllables; IPA: /øzɡyɾˈɡyn/.