Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Soygeniş

Soygeniş /sojɟeˈniʃ/ ASCII Soygenis

“of broad lineage”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
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 Soygeniş?

Soygeniş

IPA /sojɟeˈniʃ/

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

What does the surname Soygeniş mean?

A compound of soy ‘lineage’ and geniş ‘wide’, readable as ‘of a broad, extensive lineage’. Geniş is formed from Old Turkic kéŋ ‘wide’ with the suffix +Iş. Soy appears in Middle Turkic in the sense ‘offspring, descent’.1,2

Grammar soy + geniş.

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

What is Soygeniş made of?

Soygeniş breaks into 2 parts: soy (soy: lineage) + geniş (geniş: wide, broad).

Soygeniş + root soy soy: lineage TURKIC soy “lineage, descent” root geniş geniş: wide, broad TURKIC geniş “wide, broad” Soygeniş soy root soy: lineage soy TURKIC “lineage, descent” geniş root geniş: wide, broad geniş TURKIC “wide, broad”
Soygeniş: parts and root words
  • soy Turkic — lineage, descent2
  • geniş Turkic — wide, broad1

How was the name Soygeniş formed?

Soygeniş belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (soy + geniş).

Which surnames are related to Soygeniş?

Soygeniş 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 Soygeniş?

  1. Murat Soygeniş architect 1961–
  2. Haydar Soygeniş military leader 1922–2003
  3. Sema Soygeniş author

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

How is Soygeniş written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Soygenis.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: geniş accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: 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 Soygeniş

Q1

What does the surname Soygeniş mean?

A compound of soy ‘lineage’ and geniş ‘wide’, readable as ‘of a broad, extensive lineage’. Geniş is formed from Old Turkic kéŋ ‘wide’ with the suffix +Iş. Soy appears in Middle Turkic in the sense ‘offspring, descent’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Soygeniş?

The root word of Soygeniş is soy (Turkic): “lineage, descent”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Soygeniş?

Soy·ge·niş, 3 syllables; IPA: /sojɟeˈniʃ/.