Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yeğinsu

Yeğinsu /jeːinˈsu/ ASCII Yeginsu

“strong water”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Yeğinsu?

Yeğinsu

IPA /jeːinˈsu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Yeğinsu mean?

Yeğinsu combines yeğin ‘strong, vigorous’ and su ‘water’: ‘strong-flowing water’. Yeğin, according to Nişanyan, derives from yeg ‘superior’, and su comes from Old Turkic sub.1,2

Grammar yeğin + su.

That Yeğinsu goes back to yeğin and su is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Yeğinsu made of?

Yeğinsu breaks into 2 parts: yeğin (strong, vigorous) + su (water).

Yeğinsu + root yeğin strong, vigorous TURKIC yeğin “superior, strong; fromyeg ‘superior’” root su water TURKIC su “water” Yeğinsu yeğin root strong, vigorous yeğin TURKIC “superior, strong; from yeg‘superior’” su root water su TURKIC “water”
Yeğinsu: parts and root words
  • yeğin Turkic — superior, strong; from yeg ‘superior’1
  • su Turkic — water2

How was the name Yeğinsu formed?

Yeğinsu belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (yeğin + su).

Which surnames are related to Yeğinsu?

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

Who are some well-known people named Yeğinsu?

  1. Ceylan Yeğinsu journalist 2000–

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

How is Yeğinsu written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Yeginsu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yeğin accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: su 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 Yeğinsu

Q1

What does the surname Yeğinsu mean?

Yeğinsu combines yeğin ‘strong, vigorous’ and su ‘water’: ‘strong-flowing water’. Yeğin, according to Nişanyan, derives from yeg ‘superior’, and su comes from Old Turkic sub.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yeğinsu?

The root word of Yeğinsu is yeğin (Turkic): “superior, strong; from yeg ‘superior’”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yeğinsu?

Ye·ğin·su, 3 syllables; IPA: /jeːinˈsu/.