Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özipek

Özipek /øziˈpek/ ASCII Ozipek

“pure silk”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 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 Özipek?

Özipek

IPA /øziˈpek/

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

What does the surname Özipek mean?

Özipek combines öz ‘pure, genuine’ and ipek ‘silk’: ‘pure silk’. Nişanyan traces ipek to Middle Turkic ipek, yipek and suggests it may derive from ip ‘thread’.1

Grammar öz + ipek.

That Özipek goes back to öz and ipek is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Özipek made of?

Özipek is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: öz (öz: pure, genuine) + ipek (ipek: silk).

Özipek + root öz öz: pure, genuine TURKIC öz “self, essence” root ipek ipek: silk TURKIC ipek “silk; possibly from ip‘thread’” Özipek öz root öz: pure, genuine öz TURKIC “self, essence” ipek root ipek: silk ipek TURKIC “silk; possibly from ip ‘thread’”
Özipek: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — self, essence1
  • ipek Turkic — silk; possibly from ip ‘thread’1

How was the name Özipek formed?

Özipek is a name newly coined from öz (“öz: pure, genuine”) and ipek (“ipek: silk”) in the years of the surname law.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Özipek?

Özipek İpek İpekçi İpekkaya İpekçioğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 İpek same root – –
02 İpekçi same root – –
03 İpekkaya same root – –
04 İpekçioğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Özipek?

  1. Güzin Özipek actor 1925–2000

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

How is Özipek written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Ozipek.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ipek 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

Common questions about Özipek

Q1

What does the surname Özipek mean?

Özipek combines öz ‘pure, genuine’ and ipek ‘silk’: ‘pure silk’. Nişanyan traces ipek to Middle Turkic ipek, yipek and suggests it may derive from ip ‘thread’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özipek?

Özipek is made up of two elements: öz “self, essence” (Turkic) and ipek “silk; possibly from ip ‘thread’” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Özipek?

Ö·zi·pek, 3 syllables; IPA: /øziˈpek/.