Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yeşilgöz

Yeşilgöz /jeʃilˈɡøz/ ASCII Yesilgoz

“green-eyed”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
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 Yeşilgöz?

Yeşilgöz

IPA /jeʃilˈɡøz/

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

What does the surname Yeşilgöz mean?

Yeşil, “green”, joins göz, “eye”: “green-eyed”. Yeşil comes through Old Anatolian Turkish yaşıl from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl, and göz from Proto-Turkic *köŕ, “eye”. Names describing eye colour are common as nicknames and surnames in Turkish.1,2

Grammar Compound: yeşil + göz.

That Yeşilgöz goes back to yeşil and göz is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Yeşilgöz made of?

Yeşilgöz breaks into 2 parts: yeşil (green) + göz (eye).

Yeşilgöz + first element yeşil green TURKIC yeşil “green” root göz eye TURKIC göz “eye” Yeşilgöz yeşil first element green yeşil TURKIC “green” göz root eye göz TURKIC “eye”
Yeşilgöz: parts and root words
  • yeşil Turkic — green1
  • göz Turkic — eye2

How was the name Yeşilgöz formed?

Yeşilgöz belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (yeşil + göz).

Which surnames are related to Yeşilgöz?

Yeşilgöz Açıkgöz Karagöz Yeşil Tokgöz Yeşilyurt Alagöz Gökgöz Yeşilkaya Yeşiltepe Yeşilbaş Yeşiltaş Akgöz
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Açıkgöz same root – –
02 Karagöz same root – –
03 Yeşil same root – –
04 Tokgöz same root – –
05 Yeşilyurt same root – –
06 Alagöz same root – –
07 Gökgöz same root – –
08 Yeşilkaya same root – –
09 Yeşiltepe same root – –
10 Yeşilbaş same root – –
11 Yeşiltaş same root – –
12 Akgöz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yeşilgöz?

  1. Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius politician 1977–
  2. Yücel Yeşilgöz writer 1951–

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

How is Yeşilgöz written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey Yeşilgöz is usually written Yesilgoz. In Turkish, ş sounds like English “sh”; ö is pronounced as in German.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yeşil accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: göz 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 Yeşilgöz

Q1

What does the surname Yeşilgöz mean?

Yeşil, “green”, joins göz, “eye”: “green-eyed”. Yeşil comes through Old Anatolian Turkish yaşıl from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl, and göz from Proto-Turkic *köŕ, “eye”. Names describing eye colour are common as nicknames and surnames in Turkish.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yeşilgöz?

The root word of Yeşilgöz is yeşil (Turkic): “green”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yeşilgöz?

Ye·şil·göz, 3 syllables; IPA: /jeʃilˈɡøz/.