Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Soygazi

Soygazi /sojɡaˈzi/

“lineage + war hero”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 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 Soygazi?

Soygazi

IPA /sojɡaˈzi/

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

What does the surname Soygazi mean?

Soygazi joins soy ‘lineage’ and gazi ‘war veteran, warrior’, which as words read ‘warrior lineage’. Gazi, according to Nişanyan, comes from Arabic ġāzī ‘raider, warrior’; in Turkish it denotes someone who distinguished himself in war and returned alive.1,2

Grammar soy + gazi.

That Soygazi goes back to soy and gazi is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Soygazi made of?

Soygazi breaks into 2 parts: soy (lineage, family) + gazi (war veteran, warrior).

Soygazi + root soy lineage, family TURKIC soy “lineage” root gazi war veteran, warrior ARABIC gazi “raider, warrior; Arabicġāzī” Soygazi soy root lineage, family soy TURKIC “lineage” gazi root war veteran, warrior gazi ARABIC “raider, warrior; Arabic ġāzī”
Soygazi: parts and root words
  • soy Turkic — lineage2
  • gazi Arabic — raider, warrior; Arabic ġāzī1

How was the name Soygazi formed?

Soygazi belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (soy + gazi).

Which surnames are related to Soygazi?

Soygazi Aksoy Gürsoy Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Atasoy Şensoy Soydan Soyer Yücesoy
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aksoy same root – –
02 Gürsoy same root – –
03 Ulusoy same root – –
04 Özsoy same root – –
05 Ersoy same root – –
06 Soysal same root – –
07 Soylu same root – –
08 Atasoy same root – –
09 Şensoy same root – –
10 Soydan same root – –
11 Soyer same root – –
12 Yücesoy same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Soygazi?

  1. Hale Soygazi actor 1950–

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

How is Soygazi written and pronounced abroad?

The spelling Soygazi is kept abroad; y is the consonant of English yes.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: gazi accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: soy 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 Soygazi

Q1

What does the surname Soygazi mean?

Soygazi joins soy ‘lineage’ and gazi ‘war veteran, warrior’, which as words read ‘warrior lineage’. Gazi, according to Nişanyan, comes from Arabic ġāzī ‘raider, warrior’; in Turkish it denotes someone who distinguished himself in war and returned alive.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Soygazi?

The root word of Soygazi is soy (Arabic): “lineage”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Soygazi?

Soy·ga·zi, 3 syllables; IPA: /sojɡaˈzi/.