Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Taşdoğan

Taşdoğan /taʃdoˈan/ ASCII Tasdogan

“stone falcon; born firm as stone”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 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 Taşdoğan?

Taşdoğan

IPA /taʃdoˈan/

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

What does the surname Taşdoğan mean?

Taş, “stone”, joins doğan. Read as the bird, the name pictures a “stone falcon”, a falcon of the crags; read as the participle of doğmak, it means “born as firm as stone”. Sources do not favour either reading.1,2

Grammar Compound: taş + doğan.

That Taşdoğan goes back to taş and doğan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Taşdoğan made of?

Taşdoğan breaks into 2 parts: taş (stone) + doğan (falcon; born, rising).

Taşdoğan + first element taş stone TURKIC taş “stone; hardness,firmness” root doğan falcon; born, rising TURKIC doğan “falcon; participle ofdoğmak” Taşdoğan taş first element stone taş TURKIC “stone; hardness, firmness” doğan root falcon; born, rising doğan TURKIC “falcon; participle of doğmak”
Taşdoğan: parts and root words
  • taş Turkic — stone; hardness, firmness1
  • doğan Turkic — falcon; participle of doğmak2

How was the name Taşdoğan formed?

Taşdoğan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (taş + doğan).

Which surnames are related to Taşdoğan?

Taşdoğan Doğan Erdoğan Aktaş Aydoğan Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Akdoğan Taşdemir Taşçı Doğanay
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Doğan same root 12 485,906
02 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
03 Aktaş same root 30 222,711
04 Aydoğan same root – –
05 Karataş same root – –
06 Taş same root – –
07 Altıntaş same root – –
08 Demirtaş same root – –
09 Akdoğan same root – –
10 Taşdemir same root – –
11 Taşçı same root – –
12 Doğanay same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Taşdoğan?

  1. Ali Muhittin Taşdoğan politician 1973–
  2. Alpaslan Taşdoğan researcher
  3. Alpaslan Taşdoğan dermatologist
  4. Dinçer Taşdoğan chess player 2001–

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

How is Taşdoğan written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey Taşdoğan is usually written Tasdogan. In Turkish, ş sounds like English “sh”; ğ is silent and lengthens the vowel before it.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: doğan 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
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Taşdoğan

Q1

What does the surname Taşdoğan mean?

Taş, “stone”, joins doğan. Read as the bird, the name pictures a “stone falcon”, a falcon of the crags; read as the participle of doğmak, it means “born as firm as stone”. Sources do not favour either reading.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Taşdoğan?

The root word of Taşdoğan is taş (Turkic): “stone; hardness, firmness”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Taşdoğan?

Taş·do·ğan, 3 syllables; IPA: /taʃdoˈan/.