Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yeltan

Yeltan /jelˈtan/

“dawn breeze”1

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

How do you pronounce Yeltan?

Yeltan

IPA /jelˈtan/

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

What does the surname Yeltan mean?

A compound of yel ‘wind’ and tan ‘dawn’, read as ‘dawn breeze’. Yel comes from Old Turkic yḗl ‘wind’ and tan from Old Turkic taŋ ‘daybreak’.1,2

Grammar yel + tan.

That Yeltan goes back to yel and tan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Yeltan made of?

Yeltan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: yel (yel: wind) + tan (tan: dawn).

Yeltan + root yel yel: wind TURKIC yel “wind” root tan tan: dawn TURKIC tan “dawn” Yeltan yel root yel: wind yel TURKIC “wind” tan root tan: dawn tan TURKIC “dawn”
Yeltan: parts and root words
  • yel Turkic — wind1
  • tan Turkic — dawn2

How was the name Yeltan formed?

Yeltan was formed by joining yel (“yel: wind”) and tan (“tan: dawn”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Yeltan?

Yeltan Tan Altan Taner Ertan Aktan Tanyeri Tansel Karayel Kızıltan Tandoğan Göktan Öztan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Tan same root – –
02 Altan same root – –
03 Taner same root – –
04 Ertan same root – –
05 Aktan same root – –
06 Tanyeri same root – –
07 Tansel same root – –
08 Karayel same root – –
09 Kızıltan same root – –
10 Tandoğan same root – –
11 Göktan same root – –
12 Öztan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yeltan?

  1. Görkem Yeltan actor 1977–
  2. Ayçıl Yeltan actor

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yel accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tan 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

Common questions about Yeltan

Q1

What does the surname Yeltan mean?

A compound of yel ‘wind’ and tan ‘dawn’, read as ‘dawn breeze’. Yel comes from Old Turkic yḗl ‘wind’ and tan from Old Turkic taŋ ‘daybreak’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yeltan?

Yeltan is made up of two elements: yel “wind” (Turkic) and tan “dawn” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Yeltan?

Yel·tan, 2 syllables; IPA: /jelˈtan/.