Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tokgöz

Tokgöz /tokˈɟøz/ ASCII Tokgoz

“content, free of greed”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Tokgöz?

Tokgöz

IPA /tokˈɟøz/

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

What does the surname Tokgöz mean?

In Turkish, gözü tok, “whose eye is full”, describes someone content, not covetous of others’ goods. Tokgöz turns the idiom into a single name, “full-eyed”, meaning “free of greed, content”. It is the exact opposite of açgöz, “greedy”.1,2

Grammar Adjective tok + noun göz; an adjective-noun form of the idiom gözü tok.

That Tokgöz goes back to tok and gözü tok is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Tokgöz made of?

Tokgöz breaks into 2 parts: tok (tok: full, sated) + göz (göz: eye; desire, outlook).

Tokgöz + root tok tok: full, sated TURKIC tok “not hungry, sated” root göz göz: eye; desire, outlook TURKIC gözü tok “content, not greedy” Tokgöz tok root tok: full, sated tok TURKIC “not hungry, sated” göz root göz: eye; desire, outlook gözü tok TURKIC “content, not greedy”
Tokgöz: parts and root words
  • tok Turkic — not hungry, sated1
  • gözü tok Turkic — content, not greedy2

How was the name Tokgöz formed?

Tokgöz belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (tok + göz).

Which surnames are related to Tokgöz?

Tokgöz Açıkgöz Toker Karagöz Tok Toktaş Alagöz Gökgöz Toksoy Toksöz Baytok Tokdemir Akgöz
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Açıkgöz same root – –
02 Toker same root – –
03 Karagöz same root – –
04 Tok same root – –
05 Toktaş same root – –
06 Alagöz same root – –
07 Gökgöz same root – –
08 Toksoy same root – –
09 Toksöz same root – –
10 Baytok same root – –
11 Tokdemir same root – –
12 Akgöz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tokgöz?

  1. Ahmet İhsan Tokgöz politician 1868–1942
  2. Gökhan Tokgöz association football player 1979–
  3. Cahit Tokgöz statesperson 1909–1990
  4. Naime İkbal Tokgöz statesperson 1912–1995
  5. Oya Tokgöz academic 1941–
  6. Tandoğan Tokgöz politician 1935–2025
  7. Ömür Tokgöz engineer 1966–
  8. Aleyna Tokgöz basketball player 2006–

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

How is Tokgöz written and pronounced abroad?

Passports and English-language documents often show it as Tokgoz.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tok accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gözü tok 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 Tokgöz

Q1

What does the surname Tokgöz mean?

In Turkish, gözü tok, “whose eye is full”, describes someone content, not covetous of others’ goods. Tokgöz turns the idiom into a single name, “full-eyed”, meaning “free of greed, content”. It is the exact opposite of açgöz, “greedy”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tokgöz?

The root word of Tokgöz is tok (Turkic): “not hungry, sated”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tokgöz?

Tok·göz, 2 syllables; IPA: /tokˈɟøz/.