Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 3,047

Toksoy

Toksoy /tokˈsoj/

“a well-provided lineage”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
back
Initial
T
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Toksoy?

Toksoy

IPA /tokˈsoj/

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

What does the surname Toksoy mean?

Built from tok and soy: “a sated, well-provided lineage”. Besides someone who has eaten their fill, tok in the dictionary describes a person who has what they need; the idiom gözü tok means “content, not greedy”. The name carries the image of a family that wants for nothing.1,2

Grammar Compound of tok + soy; not a dictionary headword.

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

What is Toksoy made of?

Toksoy breaks into 2 parts: tok (sated; content, not greedy) + soy (lineage).

Toksoy ++ root tok sated; content, notgreedy TURKIC tok “sated, full; wellprovided for” suffix soy lineage TURKIC soy “lineage, family stock” Toksoy tok root sated; content, not greedy tok TURKIC “sated, full; well provided for” soy suffix lineage soy TURKIC “lineage, family stock”
Toksoy: parts and root words
  • tok Turkic — sated, full; well provided for1
  • soy Turkic — lineage, family stock2

How was the name Toksoy formed?

Toksoy belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (tok + soy).

Which surnames are related to Toksoy?

Toksoy Aksoy Gürsoy Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Toker Atasoy Şensoy Soydan Tok
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aksoy same root – –
02 Gürsoy same root – –
03 Ulusoy same root – –
04 Özsoy same root – –
05 Ersoy same root – –
06 Soysal same root – –
07 Soylu same root – –
08 Toker same root – –
09 Atasoy same root – –
10 Şensoy same root – –
11 Soydan same root – –
12 Tok same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Toksoy?

  1. Bahar Toksoy volleyball player 1988–
  2. Nejat Toksoy musician 1946–2019
  3. Can Toksoy association football player 2006–
  4. Fatih Toksoy researcher
  5. Güven Toksoy researcher

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

Is Toksoy also a first name?

Yes. Toksoy is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “a well-provided lineage”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tok accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: soy 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Toksoy

Q1

What does the surname Toksoy mean?

Built from tok and soy: “a sated, well-provided lineage”. Besides someone who has eaten their fill, tok in the dictionary describes a person who has what they need; the idiom gözü tok means “content, not greedy”. The name carries the image of a family that wants for nothing.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Toksoy?

The root word of Toksoy is tok (Turkic): “sated, full; well provided for”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Toksoy?

Tok·soy, 2 syllables; IPA: /tokˈsoj/.