Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yetişkin

Yetişkin /jetiʃˈkin/ ASCII Yetiskin

“mature, adult”1

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

How do you pronounce Yetişkin?

Yetişkin

IPA /jetiʃˈkin/

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

What does the surname Yetişkin mean?

Yetişkin means ‘grown, matured; having reached maturity in body, mind and feeling’; as a noun it means ‘adult’. Nişanyan traces it to Old Turkic yétiş- ‘to arrive, to reach’.1

Yetişkin is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Yetişkin made of?

Yetişkin is a single Turkic root: yetişkin (yetişkin: adult, mature).

Yetişkin root yetişkin yetişkin: adult, mature TURKIC yétiş- “to arrive, reach; fromyét-” Yetişkin yetişkin root yetişkin: adult, mature yétiş- TURKIC “to arrive, reach; from yét-”
Yetişkin: parts and root words
  • yétiş- Turkic — to arrive, reach; from yét-1

How was the name Yetişkin formed?

Yetişkin is the adjective yetişkin (“yetişkin: adult, mature”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Who are some well-known people named Yetişkin?

  1. Ruken Yetişkin statesperson 1962–
  2. Berkant Yetişkin researcher

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

How is Yetişkin written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Yetiskin.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yetişkin accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yetişkin 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 Yetişkin

Q1

What does the surname Yetişkin mean?

Yetişkin means ‘grown, matured; having reached maturity in body, mind and feeling’; as a noun it means ‘adult’. Nişanyan traces it to Old Turkic yétiş- ‘to arrive, to reach’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yetişkin?

The root word of Yetişkin is yétiş- (Turkic): “to arrive, reach; from yét-”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yetişkin?

Ye·tiş·kin, 3 syllables; IPA: /jetiʃˈkin/.