Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Vardar

Vardar /vaɾˈdaɾ/

“name of a Balkan river”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
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Initial
V
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Vardar?

Vardar

IPA /vaɾˈdaɾ/

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

What does the surname Vardar mean?

Vardar is the river that rises in North Macedonia and flows through Greece into the Gulf of Thessaloniki; its Greek name is Axios. One of the best-known rivers of Ottoman Rumelia, it also gave its name to the cold northerly wind of Thessaloniki, the vardar wind. The surname carries this place name.1

What is Vardar made of?

Vardar is a single root: Vardar (name of a river in the Balkans).

Vardar root Vardar name of a river in theBalkans OTHER Vardar “river through NorthMacedonia and Greece…” Vardar Vardar root name of a river in the Balkans Vardar OTHER “river through North Macedoniaand Greece into the Gulf of…”
Vardar: parts and root words
  • Vardar Other — river through North Macedonia and Greece into the Gulf of Thessaloniki (Greek Axios)1

How was the name Vardar formed?

Vardar belongs to the “place name” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Vardar?

Vardar Vardarlı Özvardar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Vardarlı same root – –
02 Özvardar same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Vardar?

  1. Berkay Vardar association football player 2003–
  2. Sertan Vardar association football player 1982–
  3. Ahmet Vardar journalist 1937–2010
  4. Akın Vardar association football player 1978–
  5. Galip Vardar historian 1897–1958
  6. Mehmet Rıfat Vardar politician 1883–1948
  7. Melih Vardar association football player 1993–2020
  8. Recep Vardar visual artist 1967–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Vardar Nehri 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Vardar

Q1

What does the surname Vardar mean?

Vardar is the river that rises in North Macedonia and flows through Greece into the Gulf of Thessaloniki; its Greek name is Axios. One of the best-known rivers of Ottoman Rumelia, it also gave its name to the cold northerly wind of Thessaloniki, the vardar wind. The surname carries this place name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Vardar?

The root word of Vardar is Vardar (another language): “river through North Macedonia and Greece into the Gulf of Thessaloniki (Greek Axios)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Vardar?

Var·dar, 2 syllables; IPA: /vaɾˈdaɾ/.