SURNAMEEntry 5,063
Yeşilyurt
“green homeland”3
Leading provinces Kırıkkale
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How do you pronounce Yeşilyurt?
The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Yeşilyurt mean?
From yeşil “green” and yurt “homeland”: “green homeland”, a fertile, verdant home country. The same name belongs to districts in Malatya and Tokat and to many villages and neighbourhoods.2,3
Grammar Adjective yeşil + noun yurt.
That Yeşilyurt goes back to yeşil and yurt is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.
How was the name Yeşilyurt formed?
Yeşilyurt was formed by joining yeşil (“yeşil: green”) and yurt (“yurt: homeland, home”).
Which surnames are related to Yeşilyurt?
| # | Surname | Relation | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yurtsever | same root | – | – |
| 02 | Yeşil | same root | – | – |
| 03 | Yurdakul | same root | – | – |
| 04 | Yurttaş | same root | – | – |
| 05 | Özyurt | same root | – | – |
| 06 | Yurtseven | same root | – | – |
| 07 | Yurt | same root | – | – |
| 08 | Yeşilkaya | same root | – | – |
| 09 | Yeşiltepe | same root | – | – |
| 10 | Yeşilbaş | same root | – | – |
| 11 | Yeşiltaş | same root | – | – |
| 12 | Yurdatapan | same root | – | – |
Where in Türkiye is Yeşilyurt most common?
Yeşilyurt is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 18th in Kırıkkale.1
- In the province top 30 1
- Not listed
| # | Province | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kırıkkale | 18 | 953 |
Who are some well-known people named Yeşilyurt?
- Erdoğan Yeşilyurt association football player 1993–
- Hasan Emre Yeşilyurt association football player 2000–
- Döndü Yeşilyurt judoka 1993–
- Ahmet Ruhi Yeşilyurt politician 1892–1976
- Fatih Yeşilyurt researcher
- Neslihan Yeşilyurt film director 1978–
- Ali Yeşilyurt association football player 2005–
- Can Yeşilyurt physicist
People surnamed Yeşilyurt as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
How is Yeşilyurt written and pronounced abroad?
Without Turkish letters the name is written Yesilyurt in English and German records.
Which surnames have a meaning similar to Yeşilyurt?
Enginyurt, Yurdalan and Atayurt share gloss keywords with Yeşilyurt within the same primary category.
Which surnames share province lists with Yeşilyurt?
Which guides add context to Yeşilyurt?
Read the root, formation and register information for Yeşilyurt alongside these guides: How Turkish Surnames Are Formed: Roots and Suffixes, Turkish Surname Statistics: Surnames in Numbers and How to Pronounce and Spell Turkish Surnames.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yurt
- 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yeşil
- 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yurt
- 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries
Common questions about Yeşilyurt
- Q1
What does the surname Yeşilyurt mean?
- From yeşil “green” and yurt “homeland”: “green homeland”, a fertile, verdant home country. The same name belongs to districts in Malatya and Tokat and to many villages and neighbourhoods.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Yeşilyurt?
- Yeşilyurt is made up of two elements: yeşil “green, the colour of grass and leaves” (Turkic) and yurt “homeland; place where a community settles” (Turkic).
- Q3
How do you pronounce Yeşilyurt?
- Ye·şil·yurt, 3 syllables; IPA: /jeʃilˈjuɾt/.