Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Temiz

Temiz /teˈmiz/

“clean, honest”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Temiz?

Temiz

IPA /teˈmiz/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Temiz mean?

Temiz is the adjective for what is free of dirt and stain, “clean, pure”; it goes back to Arabic tamyīz “separating, sorting out”. Said of a person it means “honest, decent, morally spotless”, and this is the sense a surname carries.2

Temiz is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Temiz made of?

Temiz is a single root: temiz (temiz: clean; honest).

Temiz root temiz temiz: clean; honest ARABIC temiz “clean, pure; decent,honest” Temiz temiz root temiz: clean; honest temiz ARABIC “clean, pure; decent, honest”
Temiz: parts and root words
  • temiz Arabic — clean, pure; decent, honest2

How was the name Temiz formed?

Temiz belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Temiz?

Temiz Temizer Aytemiz
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Temizer same root – –
02 Aytemiz same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Temiz most common?

Temiz is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 27th in Tokat.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat · rank 27 · 2,156 people Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Temiz: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Tokat272,156

Who are some well-known people named Temiz?

  1. Okay Temiz musician 1939–
  2. İsmail Temiz amateur wrestler 1954–
  3. Şevket Temiz politician 1937–
  4. Muharrem Temiz singer 1962–
  5. Serpil Temiz Unvar journalist
  6. Abdülkadir Temiz researcher
  7. Can Temiz musician 1987–
  8. Döndü Temiz association football player 2002–

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

Is Temiz also a first name?

Yes. Temiz is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “clean, honest”.

Temiz as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: temiz 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Temiz

Q1

What does the surname Temiz mean?

Temiz is the adjective for what is free of dirt and stain, “clean, pure”; it goes back to Arabic tamyīz “separating, sorting out”. Said of a person it means “honest, decent, morally spotless”, and this is the sense a surname carries.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Temiz?

The root word of Temiz is temiz (Arabic): “clean, pure; decent, honest”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Temiz?

Te·miz, 2 syllables; IPA: /teˈmiz/.