Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özyılmaz

Özyılmaz /øzjɯɫˈmaz/ ASCII Ozyilmaz

“truly undaunted”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 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 Özyılmaz?

Özyılmaz

IPA /øzjɯɫˈmaz/

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

What does the surname Özyılmaz mean?

The name joins öz and Yılmaz; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it ‘true resolute’ and refers to Yılmaz. Yılmaz is the negative aorist of yılmak ‘to be daunted’: ‘one who is not daunted’. Nişanyan traces yılmak to Old Turkic yıġıl- ‘to collapse, shrink back’.1

Grammar öz + yıl- + -maz (negative aorist).

What is Özyılmaz made of?

Özyılmaz is Turkic in origin and breaks into 3 parts: öz (own, true) + yıl- (yılmak: to be daunted) + -maz (negative aorist).

Özyılmaz ++ root öz own, true TURKIC öz “own, true” root yıl- yılmak: to be daunted TURKIC yılmak “to shrink back” suffix -maz negative aorist Özyılmaz öz root own, true öz TURKIC “own, true” yıl- root yılmak: to be daunted yılmak TURKIC “to shrink back” -maz suffix negative aorist
Özyılmaz: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — own, true1
  • yılmak Turkic — to shrink back1

How was the name Özyılmaz formed?

Özyılmaz was formed by adding the suffix -maz (“negative aorist”) to öz + yıl-.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Özyılmaz?

Özyılmaz Yılmaz Yılmazer Eryılmaz Türkyılmaz Yıldıran Yılmazkaya Özyılmazel Yılmaztürk Karayılmaz Yılmaztekin
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yılmaz same root 1 1,177,896
02 Yılmazer same root – –
03 Eryılmaz same root – –
04 Türkyılmaz same root – –
05 Yıldıran same root – –
06 Yılmazkaya same root – –
07 Özyılmazel same root – –
08 Yılmaztürk same root – –
09 Karayılmaz same root – –
10 Yılmaztekin same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Özyılmaz?

  1. Ömer Özyılmaz politician 1952–
  2. Berk Özyılmaz researcher
  3. Elif Özyılmaz researcher

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

How is Özyılmaz written and pronounced abroad?

In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Ozyilmaz: ı/İ become i/I; ö/ü are kept or written oe/ue.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Özyılmaz accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yılmaz 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Özyılmaz

Q1

What does the surname Özyılmaz mean?

The name joins öz and Yılmaz; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it ‘true resolute’ and refers to Yılmaz. Yılmaz is the negative aorist of yılmak ‘to be daunted’: ‘one who is not daunted’. Nişanyan traces yılmak to Old Turkic yıġıl- ‘to collapse, shrink back’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özyılmaz?

Özyılmaz is made up of two elements: öz “own, true” (Turkic) and yılmak “to shrink back” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Özyılmaz?

Öz·yıl·maz, 3 syllables; IPA: /øzjɯɫˈmaz/.