Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tural

Tural /tuˈɾaɫ/

“live, be alive”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
From a verb
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 Tural?

Tural

IPA /tuˈɾaɫ/

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

What does the surname Tural mean?

Tural is a male name common especially in Azerbaijan and is explained as “live, be alive”. It is linked to turmak, the older form of Turkish durmak, meaning “to stand, to exist, to live”. The structure of its final element is not made clear in the sources.1

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

What is Tural made of?

Tural is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: tur- (turmak (durmak): to stand, to exist, to live) + -al (name-forming element).

Tural + root tur- turmak (durmak): tostand, to exist, to live TURKIC Tural “Azerbaijani male name:‘live, be alive’” suffix -al name-forming element Tural tur- root turmak (durmak): to stand, to exist,to live Tural TURKIC “Azerbaijani male name: ‘live, bealive’” -al suffix name-forming element
Tural: parts and root words
  • Tural Turkic — Azerbaijani male name: “live, be alive”1

How was the name Tural formed?

Tural was formed by adding the suffix -al (“name-forming element”) to the verb stem tur- (“turmak (durmak): to stand, to exist, to live”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Tural?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bektur same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tural?

  1. Cemal Tural military officer 1905–1981
  2. Güzin Tural academic 1957–2006
  3. Osman Tural bureaucrat 1964–
  4. Suna Tural politician 1927–2005
  5. Bilsen Tural researcher
  6. Ersin Tural researcher
  7. Fatma Suna Tural politician
  8. Gülsen Aybar Tural researcher

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

Is Tural also a first name?

Yes. Tural is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “live, be alive”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 behindthename.com behindthename.com: tural accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Tural

Q1

What does the surname Tural mean?

Tural is a male name common especially in Azerbaijan and is explained as “live, be alive”. It is linked to turmak, the older form of Turkish durmak, meaning “to stand, to exist, to live”. The structure of its final element is not made clear in the sources.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tural?

The root word of Tural is Tural (Turkic): ‘Azerbaijani male name: “live, be alive”’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tural?

Tu·ral, 2 syllables; IPA: /tuˈɾaɫ/.