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Sarı

Sarı /saˈɾɯ/ ASCII Sari

“yellow; fair-haired”2

Province lists
171
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Sarı?

Sarı

IPA /saˈɾɯ/

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

What does the surname Sarı mean?

Sarı is yellow, the colour of gold and lemons; of a person it means fair-haired, blond. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *siarïg. As a surname it is usually taken to come from a byname for a fair-haired person, and it has also been used as a given name for boys and girls.2

Sarı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Sarı made of?

Sarı is a single root: sarı (yellow; fair-haired).

Sarı root sarı yellow; fair-haired TURKIC sarı “yellow; fair, blond” Sarı sarı root yellow; fair-haired sarı TURKIC “yellow; fair, blond”
Sarı: parts and root words
  • sarı Turkic — yellow; fair, blond2

How was the name Sarı formed?

Sarı belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Sarı?

Sarı Sarıkaya Sarıoğlu Sarıtaş Sarıca Sarıbaş Sarıgül Sarıalioğlu Sarıyıldız Sarıyer
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Sarıkaya same root – –
02 Sarıoğlu same root – –
03 Sarıtaş same root – –
04 Sarıca same root – –
05 Sarıbaş same root – –
06 Sarıgül same root – –
07 Sarıalioğlu same root – –
08 Sarıyıldız same root – –
09 Sarıyer same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Sarı most common?

Sarı is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 17 provinces; its best rank is 9th in Rize.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya · rank 25 · 7,959 people Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik · rank 27 · 745 people Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli · rank 27 · 2,919 people Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir · rank 29 · 2,569 people Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane · rank 22 · 713 people Hakkari Hatay Isparta · rank 29 · 1,492 people Mersin · rank 21 · 6,403 people Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir · rank 26 · 879 people Kocaeli Konya · rank 24 · 7,326 people Kütahya · rank 15 · 3,231 people Malatya Manisa · rank 30 · 4,021 people Kahramanmaraş · rank 27 · 3,615 people Mardin Muğla · rank 25 · 3,270 people Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize · rank 9 · 2,333 people Sakarya · rank 18 · 4,102 people Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak · rank 18 · 2,532 people Aksaray Bayburt Karaman · rank 22 · 928 people Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 17
  • Not listed
Sarı: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Antalya257,959
02Konya247,326
03Mersin216,403
04Sakarya184,102
05Manisa304,021
06Kahramanmaraş273,615

Who are some well-known people named Sarı?

  1. Yusuf Sarı association football player 1998–
  2. Veysel Sarı association football player 1988–
  3. Adem Sarı association football player 1985–
  4. Yunus Sarı taekwondo athlete 1991–
  5. Halit Özgür Sarı actor 1993–
  6. Fatma Güldemet Sarı politician 1970–
  7. Ruhi Sarı actor 1972–
  8. Ali Sarı taekwondo athlete 1986–

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

Is Sarı also a first name?

Yes. Sarı is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “yellow; fair-haired”.

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

How is Sarı written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Sarı is usually written Sari.

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: sarı 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 Sarı

Q1

What does the surname Sarı mean?

Sarı is yellow, the colour of gold and lemons; of a person it means fair-haired, blond. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *siarïg. As a surname it is usually taken to come from a byname for a fair-haired person, and it has also been used as a given name for boys and girls.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Sarı?

The root word of Sarı is sarı (Turkic): “yellow; fair, blond”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Sarı?

Sa·rı, 2 syllables; IPA: /saˈɾɯ/.