Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yeğen

Yeğen /jeˈen/ ASCII Yegen

“nephew, niece”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
front
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 Yeğen?

Yeğen

IPA /jeˈen/

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

What does the surname Yeğen mean?

Yeğen is a nephew or niece, the child of one’s sibling (and also of an uncle or aunt); older people also use it to address younger ones. Nişanyan traces it to Old Turkic yégen ‘sibling’s child, grandchild’ and treats it as cognate with Mongolian cige(n).1

Yeğen is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Yeğen made of?

Yeğen is a single root: yeğen (yeğen: nephew, niece).

Yeğen root yeğen yeğen: nephew, niece TURKIC yégen “sibling’s child,grandchild” Yeğen yeğen root yeğen: nephew, niece yégen TURKIC “sibling’s child, grandchild”
Yeğen: parts and root words
  • yégen Turkic — sibling’s child, grandchild1

How was the name Yeğen formed?

Yeğen belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Yeğen?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yeğenoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yeğen?

  1. Aydın Yeğen diplomat 1932–
  2. Ceren Yeğen communication scholar
  3. Mesut Yeğen author 1963–

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

How is Yeğen written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Yegen.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yeğen accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yeğen accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Yeğen

Q1

What does the surname Yeğen mean?

Yeğen is a nephew or niece, the child of one’s sibling (and also of an uncle or aunt); older people also use it to address younger ones. Nişanyan traces it to Old Turkic yégen ‘sibling’s child, grandchild’ and treats it as cognate with Mongolian cige(n).
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yeğen?

The root word of Yeğen is yégen (Turkic): “sibling’s child, grandchild”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yeğen?

Ye·ğen, 2 syllables; IPA: /jeˈen/.