Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 4,246

Tilki

Tilki /tilˈki/

“fox; shrewd person”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Tilki?

Tilki

IPA /tilˈki/

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

What does the surname Tilki mean?

Tilki is the fox, the sharp-nosed, bushy-tailed animal known for its cunning; the word goes back to Old Turkic tilkü. Figuratively it means “a very shrewd person”, and the surname comes from the animal name or from such a nickname.2

Tilki is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tilki made of?

Tilki is a single Turkic root: tilki (tilki: fox).

Tilki root tilki tilki: fox TURKIC tilki “fox; figuratively a verycunning person (Old…” Tilki tilki root tilki: fox tilki TURKIC “fox; figuratively a very cunningperson (Old Turkic tilkü)”
Tilki: parts and root words
  • tilki Turkic — fox; figuratively a very cunning person (Old Turkic tilkü)2

How was the name Tilki formed?

Tilki is the word tilki (“tilki: fox”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Where in Türkiye is Tilki most common?

Tilki is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 28th in Kilis.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 Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis · rank 28 · 490 people Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Tilki: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Kilis28490

Who are some well-known people named Tilki?

  1. Aleyna Tilki television actor 2000–
  2. Derya Tilki researcher

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

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: tilki 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tilki

Q1

What does the surname Tilki mean?

Tilki is the fox, the sharp-nosed, bushy-tailed animal known for its cunning; the word goes back to Old Turkic tilkü. Figuratively it means “a very shrewd person”, and the surname comes from the animal name or from such a nickname.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tilki?

The root word of Tilki is tilki (Turkic): “fox; figuratively a very cunning person (Old Turkic tilkü)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tilki?

Til·ki, 2 syllables; IPA: /tilˈki/.