Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özüdoğru

Özüdoğru /øzydoːˈɾu/ ASCII Ozudogru

“honest at heart”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Compound
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 Özüdoğru?

Özüdoğru

IPA /øzydoːˈɾu/

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

What does the surname Özüdoğru mean?

Özüdoğru means ‘whose core is upright, honest at heart’. As in the saying özü sözü doğru ‘true in heart and word’, it describes a person who is the same inside and out and whose word can be trusted. Öz here means ‘one’s inner self, essential nature’.1,2

Grammar özü + doğru: possessed noun + adjective, a nominal-sentence pattern.

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

What is Özüdoğru made of?

Özüdoğru is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: özü (possessive of öz ‘core, self’) + doğru (honest, upright).

Özüdoğru + first element özü possessive of öz ‘core,self’ TURKIC öz “essence, core; self” root doğru honest, upright TURKIC doğru “honest, true, straight” Özüdoğru özü first element possessive of öz ‘core, self’ öz TURKIC “essence, core; self” doğru root honest, upright doğru TURKIC “honest, true, straight”
Özüdoğru: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — essence, core; self1
  • doğru Turkic — honest, true, straight2

How was the name Özüdoğru formed?

Özüdoğru was formed by joining özü (“possessive of öz ‘core, self’”) and doğru (“honest, upright”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Özüdoğru?

Özüdoğru Doğru Doğruer Doğrusöz Doğruyol Doğruöz
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Doğru same root – –
02 Doğruer same root – –
03 Doğrusöz same root – –
04 Doğruyol same root – –
05 Doğruöz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Özüdoğru?

  1. Şefik Avni Özüdoğru politician 1884–1960
  2. Talat Özüdoğru politician 1880–1939
  3. Barış Özüdoğru researcher
  4. Elif Aylin Özüdoğru biologist 1975–
  5. Zekeriya Özüdoğru researcher

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

How is Özüdoğru written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records the name usually appears as Ozudogru, in German ones as Özüdogru.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: öz accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: doğru accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Özüdoğru accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: öz accessed 9 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: doğru accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Özüdoğru

Q1

What does the surname Özüdoğru mean?

Özüdoğru means ‘whose core is upright, honest at heart’. As in the saying özü sözü doğru ‘true in heart and word’, it describes a person who is the same inside and out and whose word can be trusted. Öz here means ‘one’s inner self, essential nature’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özüdoğru?

Özüdoğru is made up of two elements: öz “essence, core; self” (Turkic) and doğru “honest, true, straight” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Özüdoğru?

Ö·zü·doğ·ru, 4 syllables; IPA: /øzydoːˈɾu/.