Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 4,092

Taçyıldız

Taçyıldız /tatʃjɯɫˈdɯz/ ASCII Tacyildiz

“crown + star”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
T
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 Taçyıldız?

Taçyıldız

IPA /tatʃjɯɫˈdɯz/

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

What does the surname Taçyıldız mean?

Built from taç ‘crown’ and yıldız ‘star’, giving the image of a ‘crown star, crowned star’. Taç comes from Arabic tāj or Persian tâj ‘crown’; yıldız goes back to Proto-Turkic yulduŕ.1,2

Grammar taç + yıldız.

That Taçyıldız goes back to taç and yıldız is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Taçyıldız made of?

Taçyıldız combines Arabic and Turkic elements in 2 parts: taç (crown) + yıldız (star).

Taçyıldız + root taç crown ARABIC taç “crown” root yıldız star TURKIC yıldız “star” Taçyıldız taç root crown taç ARABIC “crown” yıldız root star yıldız TURKIC “star”
Taçyıldız: parts and root words
  • taç Arabic — crown1
  • yıldız Turkic — star2

How was the name Taçyıldız formed?

Taçyıldız was formed by joining taç (“crown”) and yıldız (“star”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Taçyıldız?

Taçyıldız Yıldız Akyıldız Aytaç Ayyıldız Yıldızhan Özyıldız Sarıyıldız Yıldızoğlu Tanyıldızı Tanyıldız Aktaç Gökyıldız
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yıldız same root 5 697,080
02 Akyıldız same root – –
03 Aytaç same root – –
04 Ayyıldız same root – –
05 Yıldızhan same root – –
06 Özyıldız same root – –
07 Sarıyıldız same root – –
08 Yıldızoğlu same root – –
09 Tanyıldızı same root – –
10 Tanyıldız same root – –
11 Aktaç same root – –
12 Gökyıldız same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Taçyıldız?

  1. Defne Taçyıldız swimmer 2003–
  2. Ahmet Taçyıldız amateur wrestler 1988–

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

How is Taçyıldız written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Tacyildiz in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: taç accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yıldız accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: taç accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yıldız accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Taçyıldız

Q1

What does the surname Taçyıldız mean?

Built from taç ‘crown’ and yıldız ‘star’, giving the image of a ‘crown star, crowned star’. Taç comes from Arabic tāj or Persian tâj ‘crown’; yıldız goes back to Proto-Turkic yulduŕ.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Taçyıldız?

Taçyıldız is made up of two elements: taç “crown” (Arabic) and yıldız “star” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Taçyıldız?

Taç·yıl·dız, 3 syllables; IPA: /tatʃjɯɫˈdɯz/.