Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 4,309

Toy

/toj/

“green, inexperienced; bustard; feast”1

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

How do you pronounce Toy?

Toy

IPA /toj/

What does the surname Toy mean?

Toy is the shared form of several separate Turkish words. The best known is the adjective “naive, inexperienced through youth”. The same form names a large steppe bird, the great bustard, and the Old Turkic toy “feast, wedding banquet” still lives on in the Turkic languages of Central Asia.1

That Toy goes back to toy is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Toy is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Toy made of?

Toy is a single Turkic root: toy (inexperienced; feast, wedding; great bustard).

Toy + root toy inexperienced; feast,wedding; great bustard TURKIC toy “naive, inexperiencedthrough youth; great…” TURKIC toy “feast, banquet; (dated)wedding” Toy toy root inexperienced; feast, wedding; greatbustard toy TURKIC “naive, inexperienced throughyouth; great bustard” toy TURKIC “feast, banquet; (dated) wedding”
Toy: parts and root words
  • toy Turkic — naive, inexperienced through youth; great bustard1
  • toy Turkic — feast, banquet; (dated) wedding1

How was the name Toy formed?

Toy is the adjective toy (“inexperienced; feast, wedding; great bustard”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Who are some well-known people named Toy?

  1. Metin Toy volleyball player 1994–
  2. Erol Toy writer 1936–2021
  3. Selin Toy volleyball player 1993–
  4. Ali Toy architect 1960–
  5. Hakan Toy statesperson 1975–
  6. Rukiye Toy statesperson 1975–
  7. Erol Toy researcher
  8. Fatih Toy researcher

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

Is Toy also a first name?

Yes. Toy is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “green, inexperienced; bustard; feast”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: toy accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: toy 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Toy

Q1

What does the surname Toy mean?

Toy is the shared form of several separate Turkish words. The best known is the adjective “naive, inexperienced through youth”. The same form names a large steppe bird, the great bustard, and the Old Turkic toy “feast, wedding banquet” still lives on in the Turkic languages of Central Asia.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Toy?

The root word of Toy is toy (Turkic): “naive, inexperienced through youth; great bustard”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Toy?

Toy, 1 syllable; IPA: /toj/.