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Şengün

Şengün /ʃenˈɡyn/ ASCII Sengun

“happy day”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ş
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Şengün?

Şengün

IPA /ʃenˈɡyn/

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

What does the surname Şengün mean?

Şengün means ‘happy day’, a joyful day. Used as a girls’ name, it joins şen ‘cheerful’ with gün ‘day, sun’ and expresses the joy a birth brings.1,2

Grammar şen + gün: adjective–noun compound.

That Şengün goes back to şen and gün is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Şengün made of?

Şengün breaks into 2 parts: şen (cheerful, joyful) + gün (day; sun).

Şengün ++ first element şen cheerful, joyful ARMENIAN şen “cheerful, joyful” suffix gün day; sun TURKIC gün “day; sun” Şengün şen first element cheerful, joyful şen ARMENIAN “cheerful, joyful” gün suffix day; sun gün TURKIC “day; sun”
Şengün: parts and root words
  • şen Armenian — cheerful, joyful1
  • gün Turkic — day; sun2

How was the name Şengün formed?

Şengün belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (şen + gün).

Which surnames are related to Şengün?

Şengün Şen Güngör Güner Şener Akgün Günay Güney Şentürk Ergün Gündoğdu Aygün Şenol
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Şen same root – –
02 Güngör same root – –
03 Güner same root – –
04 Şener same root – –
05 Akgün same root – –
06 Günay same root – –
07 Güney same root – –
08 Şentürk same root – –
09 Ergün same root – –
10 Gündoğdu same root – –
11 Aygün same root – –
12 Şenol same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Şengün?

  1. Alperen Şengün basketball player 2002–
  2. Hasan Şengün association football player 1961–
  3. Aylin Şengün Taşçı journalist 1967–
  4. Lila Şengün volleyball player 2002–
  5. Köksal Şengün judge 1950–
  6. İsmail Şengün politician 1934–2008
  7. Abdulkadir Şengün researcher
  8. Ahmet Şengün researcher

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

Is Şengün also a first name?

Yes. Şengün is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “happy day”.

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

How is Şengün written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Sengun in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: şen accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gün accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Şengün 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
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Şengün

Q1

What does the surname Şengün mean?

Şengün means ‘happy day’, a joyful day. Used as a girls’ name, it joins şen ‘cheerful’ with gün ‘day, sun’ and expresses the joy a birth brings.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Şengün?

The root word of Şengün is şen (Turkic): “cheerful, joyful”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Şengün?

Şen·gün, 2 syllables; IPA: /ʃenˈɡyn/.