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Özmen

Özmen /øzˈmen/ ASCII Ozmen

“genuine, true at heart”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Özmen?

Özmen

IPA /øzˈmen/

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

What does the surname Özmen mean?

Öz, “pure, genuine”, takes the intensifying or similative suffix -men: “true at heart, genuine”. The -man/-men suffix also appears in names such as Akman and Gökmen. The name is not a dictionary headword and is explained through its elements.2

Grammar öz + -men.

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

What is Özmen made of?

Özmen breaks into 2 parts: öz (own; pure, genuine) + -men (intensifying/similative suffix).

Özmen + root öz own; pure, genuine TURKIC öz “self; pure, genuine” suffix -men intensifying/similativesuffix Özmen öz root own; pure, genuine öz TURKIC “self; pure, genuine” -men suffix intensifying/similative suffix
Özmen: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — self; pure, genuine2

How was the name Özmen formed?

Özmen belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (öz + -men).

Where in Türkiye is Özmen most common?

Özmen is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 19th in Muş.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş · rank 19 · 2,172 people Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Özmen: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Muş192,172

Who are some well-known people named Özmen?

  1. Sezer Özmen association football player 1992–
  2. Eren Özmen businessperson 1958–
  3. Atilla Özmen association football player 1988–
  4. Emrah Özmen ice hockey player 1983–
  5. Zeynel Abidin Özmen politician 1890–1966
  6. Şener Özmen writer 1971–
  7. Kerem Özmen boxer 2002–
  8. Gonca Özmen poet 1982–

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

Is Özmen also a first name?

Yes. Özmen is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “genuine, true at heart”.

Özmen as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Özmen written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Özmen is usually written Ozmen or Oezmen.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Özmen

Q1

What does the surname Özmen mean?

Öz, “pure, genuine”, takes the intensifying or similative suffix -men: “true at heart, genuine”. The -man/-men suffix also appears in names such as Akman and Gökmen. The name is not a dictionary headword and is explained through its elements.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özmen?

The root word of Özmen is öz (Turkic): “self; pure, genuine”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Özmen?

Öz·men, 2 syllables; IPA: /øzˈmen/.