Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Öztunalı

Öztunalı /øztunaˈɫɯ/ ASCII Oztunali

“true Danubian”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Öztunalı?

Öztunalı

IPA /øztunaˈɫɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Öztunalı mean?

Öztunalı combines öz ‘pure, genuine’ with Tunalı ‘from the Danube region’: ‘a true Danubian’. According to Nişanyan Adlar, Tuna was also the name of an Ottoman province covering northern Bulgaria and part of Romania; the river’s name comes from an unknown prehistoric language.1,2

Grammar öz + Tuna + -lı: qualifier + adjective of origin from a place name.

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

What is Öztunalı made of?

Öztunalı breaks into 3 parts: öz (own; pure, genuine) + Tuna (the Danube) + -lı (suffix -lI: from, native of (a place)).

Öztunalı ++ first element öz own; pure, genuine OTHER Tunalı “from the Tuna (Danube)region or province; the…” root Tuna the Danube TURKIC öz “genuine; own” suffix -lı suffix -lI: from, nativeof (a place) Öztunalı öz first element own; pure, genuine Tunalı OTHER “from the Tuna (Danube) region orprovince; the river name comes…” Tuna root the Danube öz TURKIC “genuine; own” -lı suffix suffix -lI: from, native of (a place)
Öztunalı: parts and root words
  • Tunalı Other — from the Tuna (Danube) region or province; the river name comes from an unknown prehistoric language1
  • öz Turkic — genuine; own2

How was the name Öztunalı formed?

Öztunalı belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (öz + Tuna + -lı).

Which surnames are related to Öztunalı?

Öztunalı Tuna Tunalı Tunakan Öztuna Aktuna Tunaboylu Tunahan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Tuna same root – –
02 Tunalı same root – –
03 Tunakan same root – –
04 Öztuna same root – –
05 Aktuna same root – –
06 Tunaboylu same root – –
07 Tunahan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Öztunalı?

  1. Levin Öztunalı association football player 1996–
  2. Nurser Öztunalı editor 1947–1999
  3. Mehtap Öztunalı volleyball player 2003–

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

How is Öztunalı written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records the name usually appears as Oztunali, in German ones as Öztunali.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Tunalı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: öz accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Tuna accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Öztunalı

Q1

What does the surname Öztunalı mean?

Öztunalı combines öz ‘pure, genuine’ with Tunalı ‘from the Danube region’: ‘a true Danubian’. According to Nişanyan Adlar, Tuna was also the name of an Ottoman province covering northern Bulgaria and part of Romania; the river’s name comes from an unknown prehistoric language.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Öztunalı?

The root word of Öztunalı is Tunalı (another language): “from the Tuna (Danube) region or province; the river name comes from an unknown prehistoric language”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Öztunalı?

Öz·tu·na·lı, 4 syllables; IPA: /øztunaˈɫɯ/.