Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özyakup

Özyakup /øzjaˈkup/ ASCII Ozyakup

“öz + Jacob”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
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 Özyakup?

Özyakup

IPA /øzjaˈkup/

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

What does the surname Özyakup mean?

Özyakup joins öz ‘own, genuine’ with the name Yakup. Yakup (Jacob) came into Turkish through Arabic Yaʿqūb; according to Nişanyan Adlar the name means ‘he came after’ in Hebrew, and in the Old Testament he is the son of Isaac. In such surnames Öz- marks the name as ‘the true, the very’.1,2

Grammar öz + Yakup.

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

What is Özyakup made of?

Özyakup breaks into 2 parts: öz (own; pure, genuine) + Yakup (a prophet’s name).

Özyakup + root öz own; pure, genuine TURKIC öz “self, own” root Yakup a prophet’s name ARABIC Yakup “Jacob; of Hebrew origin” Özyakup öz root own; pure, genuine öz TURKIC “self, own” Yakup root a prophet’s name Yakup ARABIC “Jacob; of Hebrew origin”
Özyakup: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — self, own2
  • Yakup Arabic — Jacob; of Hebrew origin1

How was the name Özyakup formed?

Özyakup belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (öz + Yakup).

Which surnames are related to Özyakup?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yakupoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Özyakup?

  1. Oğuzhan Özyakup association football player 1992–

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

How is Özyakup written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Ozyakup (in German records also Oezyakup).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Yakup accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: 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

Common questions about Özyakup

Q1

What does the surname Özyakup mean?

Özyakup joins öz ‘own, genuine’ with the name Yakup. Yakup (Jacob) came into Turkish through Arabic Yaʿqūb; according to Nişanyan Adlar the name means ‘he came after’ in Hebrew, and in the Old Testament he is the son of Isaac. In such surnames Öz- marks the name as ‘the true, the very’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özyakup?

The root word of Özyakup is öz (Arabic): “self, own”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Özyakup?

Öz·ya·kup, 3 syllables; IPA: /øzjaˈkup/.