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Yaşar

Yaşar /jaˈʃaɾ/ ASCII Yasar

“he who lives, long-lived”2

Province lists
61
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Yaşar?

Yaşar

IPA /jaˈʃaɾ/

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

What does the surname Yaşar mean?

The aorist form of yaşamak, “to live”: “he lives, the living one”. It belongs to the wish names given in the hope that a newborn would survive and live long. It is mainly a male given name, occasionally female.2

Grammar Aorist participle of yaşamak (yaşa- + -r).

What is Yaşar made of?

Yaşar breaks into 2 parts: yaşa- (yaşamak: to live) + -r (aorist suffix).

Yaşar + root yaşa- yaşamak: to live TURKIC yaşamak “to live, to be alive” suffix -r aorist suffix Yaşar yaşa- root yaşamak: to live yaşamak TURKIC “to live, to be alive” -r suffix aorist suffix
Yaşar: parts and root words
  • yaşamak Turkic — to live, to be alive2

How was the name Yaşar formed?

Yaşar belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames (yaşa- + -r).

Which surnames are related to Yaşar?

Yaşar Özyaşar Yaşaroğlu Yaşa Yaşargil
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özyaşar same root – –
02 Yaşaroğlu same root – –
03 Yaşa same root – –
04 Yaşargil same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Yaşar most common?

Yaşar is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 6 provinces; its best rank is 18th in Ağrı.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı · rank 18 · 3,036 people Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 22 · 7,682 people Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep · rank 21 · 9,219 people Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari · rank 18 · 1,596 people 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 Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman · rank 27 · 2,939 people Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır · rank 24 · 727 people Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 6
  • Not listed
Yaşar: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Gaziantep219,219
02Diyarbakır227,682
03Ağrı183,036
04Batman272,939
05Hakkari181,596
06Iğdır24727

Who are some well-known people named Yaşar?

  1. Selim Yaşar amateur wrestler 1990–
  2. Ebru Yaşar singer 1978–
  3. Ali Yaşar association football player 1995–
  4. Muhsin Yaşar basketball player 1995–
  5. Sevcan Yaşar film actor 1990–
  6. Necdet Yaşar musician 1930–2017
  7. Anıl Yaşar association football player 2002–
  8. Özcan Yaşar association football player 2002–

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

Is Yaşar also a first name?

Yes. Yaşar is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “he who lives, long-lived”.

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

How is Yaşar written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Yaşar is usually written Yasar.

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 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yaşamak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Yaşar 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Yaşar

Q1

What does the surname Yaşar mean?

The aorist form of yaşamak, “to live”: “he lives, the living one”. It belongs to the wish names given in the hope that a newborn would survive and live long. It is mainly a male given name, occasionally female.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yaşar?

The root word of Yaşar is yaşamak (Turkic): “to live, to be alive”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yaşar?

Ya·şar, 2 syllables; IPA: /jaˈʃaɾ/.