Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Songülen

Songülen /sonɡyˈlen/ ASCII Songulen

“last rose; wish name ‘the last daughter’”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
S
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 Songülen?

Songülen

IPA /sonɡyˈlen/

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

What does the surname Songülen mean?

Songülen is a wish name. Nişanyan Adlar lists it as a form of Songül: son ‘last’ and gül ‘rose’, ‘the last rose’, a name expressing the wish ‘the last girl child’. The form also resembles son + gülen, the participle of gülmek ‘to laugh’ (‘the one who laughs last’), but no source supports that reading.1

Grammar Form of the name Songül (son + gül); possible second reading: son + gülen.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. A form of Songül: son + gül ‘rose’ (Nişanyan Adlar).
  2. son + gülen ‘laughing’ (a reading based on the form alone, unsourced).

What is Songülen made of?

Songülen breaks into 3 parts: son (son: last) + gül (gül: rose (or gül-: to laugh)) + -en (-en: suffix).

Songülen +++ root son son: last TURKIC son “last” root gül gül: rose (or gül-: tolaugh) PERSIAN gül “rose” suffix -en -en: suffix TURKIC kül- “to laugh” Songülen son root son: last son TURKIC “last” gül root gül: rose (or gül-: to laugh) gül PERSIAN “rose” -en suffix -en: suffix kül- TURKIC “to laugh”
Songülen: parts and root words
  • son Turkic — last1
  • gül Persian — rose1
  • kül- Turkic — to laugh1

How was the name Songülen formed?

Songülen belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (son + gül + -en).

Which surnames are related to Songülen?

Songülen Güler Gül Akgül Şengül Güleç Ergül Özgül Gülşen Gülen Güllü Morgül Sarıgül
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Güler same root – –
02 Gül same root – –
03 Akgül same root – –
04 Şengül same root – –
05 Güleç same root – –
06 Ergül same root – –
07 Özgül same root – –
08 Gülşen same root – –
09 Gülen same root – –
10 Güllü same root – –
11 Morgül same root – –
12 Sarıgül same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Songülen?

  1. Ziya Songülen association football player 1886–1936

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

How is Songülen written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Songulen.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Songülen accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Songülen

Q1

What does the surname Songülen mean?

Songülen is a wish name. Nişanyan Adlar lists it as a form of Songül: son ‘last’ and gül ‘rose’, ‘the last rose’, a name expressing the wish ‘the last girl child’. The form also resembles son + gülen, the participle of gülmek ‘to laugh’ (‘the one who laughs last’), but no source supports that reading.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Songülen?

The root word of Songülen is son (Persian): “last”. There are 3 competing views on where Songülen comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Songülen?

Son·gü·len, 3 syllables; IPA: /sonɡyˈlen/.