Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yaman

Yaman /jaˈman/

“formidable, capable, daring”2

Province lists
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province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Yaman?

Yaman

IPA /jaˈman/

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

What does the surname Yaman mean?

Today yaman means “capable, daring, a master of his trade; formidably strong”, as in yaman bir delikanlı, “a formidable lad”. Proto-Turkic *yaman and its counterparts in many Turkic languages mean “bad”; in Turkey Turkish the sense shifted towards praise, just as with yavuz. It is also used as a male given name.2

Yaman is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Yaman made of?

Yaman is a single Turkic root: yaman (formidable, capable; fearsome).

Yaman root yaman formidable, capable;fearsome TURKIC yaman “formerly bad; todaycapable, daring,…” Yaman yaman root formidable, capable; fearsome yaman TURKIC “formerly bad; today capable,daring, formidable”
Yaman: parts and root words
  • yaman Turkic — formerly bad; today capable, daring, formidable2

How was the name Yaman formed?

Yaman is the adjective yaman (“formidable, capable; fearsome”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Yaman?

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

Where in Türkiye is Yaman most common?

Yaman is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 4 provinces; its best rank is 10th in Bolu.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu · rank 10 · 2,172 people Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop · rank 30 · 867 people Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak · rank 25 · 2,189 people Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın · rank 20 · 874 people Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 4
  • Not listed
Yaman: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Zonguldak252,189
02Bolu102,172
03Bartın20874
04Sinop30867

Who are some well-known people named Yaman?

  1. Can Yaman actor 1989–
  2. İrem Yaman taekwondo athlete 1995–
  3. Volkan Yaman association football player 1982–
  4. Ava Yaman actor 2006–
  5. Gamze Nur Yaman association football player 1999–
  6. Fuat Yaman association football player 1958–
  7. Furkan Yaman association football player 1996–
  8. Aylin Yaman politician 1967–

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

Is Yaman also a first name?

Yes. Yaman is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “formidable, capable, daring”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yaman accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yaman accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Yaman

Q1

What does the surname Yaman mean?

Today yaman means “capable, daring, a master of his trade; formidably strong”, as in yaman bir delikanlı, “a formidable lad”. Proto-Turkic *yaman and its counterparts in many Turkic languages mean “bad”; in Turkey Turkish the sense shifted towards praise, just as with yavuz. It is also used as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yaman?

The root word of Yaman is yaman (Turkic): “formerly bad; today capable, daring, formidable”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yaman?

Ya·man, 2 syllables; IPA: /jaˈman/.