Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yaşaroğlu

Yaşaroğlu /jaʃaɾoːˈɫu/ ASCII Yasaroglu

“son of Yaşar”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Y
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Yaşaroğlu?

Yaşaroğlu

IPA /jaʃaɾoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Yaşaroğlu mean?

Yaşaroğlu means ‘son of Yaşar’. Yaşar is the aorist of yaşamak ‘to live’; as a male given name, ‘he lives, he will live’, it expressed the wish that a child would survive and live long.1

Grammar Yaşar (yaşa- + -r, aorist) + -oğlu.

What is Yaşaroğlu made of?

Yaşaroğlu breaks into 2 parts: Yaşar (male name: ‘the one who lives’) + -oğlu (son of; of the family of).

Yaşaroğlu + root Yaşar male name: ‘the one wholives’ TURKIC Yaşar “male given name; aoristof yaşamak ‘to live’” suffix -oğlu son of; of the family of Yaşaroğlu Yaşar root male name: ‘the one who lives’ Yaşar TURKIC “male given name; aorist ofyaşamak ‘to live’” -oğlu suffix son of; of the family of
Yaşaroğlu: parts and root words
  • Yaşar Turkic — male given name; aorist of yaşamak ‘to live’1

How was the name Yaşaroğlu formed?

Yaşaroğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (Yaşar + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Yaşaroğlu?

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

Who are some well-known people named Yaşaroğlu?

  1. Begüm Kütük Yaşaroğlu actor 1980–
  2. Varol Yaşaroğlu film producer 1968–
  3. Ahmet Halit Yaşaroğlu publisher 1891–1951

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

How is Yaşaroğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Yasaroglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Yaşar 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 Yaşaroğlu

Q1

What does the surname Yaşaroğlu mean?

Yaşaroğlu means ‘son of Yaşar’. Yaşar is the aorist of yaşamak ‘to live’; as a male given name, ‘he lives, he will live’, it expressed the wish that a child would survive and live long.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yaşaroğlu?

The root word of Yaşaroğlu is Yaşar (Turkic): “male given name; aorist of yaşamak ‘to live’”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yaşaroğlu?

Ya·şa·roğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /jaʃaɾoːˈɫu/.