Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yiğit

Yiğit /jiˈit/ ASCII Yigit

“brave young man, hero”2

Province lists
41
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Yiğit?

Yiğit

IPA /jiˈit/

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

What does the surname Yiğit mean?

A yiğit is a strong, stout-hearted, upright young man; yiğitlik combines courage with generosity. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *yegit and may be related to yeğ, “better, preferable”. It is also a common male given name.2

Yiğit is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Yiğit made of?

Yiğit is a single root: yiğit (brave young man).

Yiğit root yiğit brave young man TURKIC yiğit “brave young man; hero” Yiğit yiğit root brave young man yiğit TURKIC “brave young man; hero”
Yiğit: parts and root words
  • yiğit Turkic — brave young man; hero2

How was the name Yiğit formed?

Yiğit belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Yiğit?

Yiğit Koçyiğit Özyiğit Eryiğit Yiğitbaşı Yiğiter Başyiğit Yiğitoğlu Karayiğit
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Koçyiğit same root – –
02 Özyiğit same root – –
03 Eryiğit same root – –
04 Yiğitbaşı same root – –
05 Yiğiter same root – –
06 Başyiğit same root – –
07 Yiğitoğlu same root – –
08 Karayiğit same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Yiğit most common?

Yiğit is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 4 provinces; its best rank is 15th in Malatya.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya · rank 18 · 2,417 people Malatya · rank 15 · 3,366 people Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat · rank 26 · 1,797 people Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye · rank 25 · 1,635 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 4
  • Not listed
Yiğit: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Malatya153,366
02Kütahya182,417
03Yozgat261,797
04Osmaniye251,635

Who are some well-known people named Yiğit?

  1. Abdüssamet Yiğit writer 1978–
  2. Faruk Yiğit association football player 1966–
  3. Tamer Yiğit actor 1942–
  4. Aykut Yiğit association football player 1959–2002
  5. Hasan Yiğit association football player 1975–
  6. İbrahim Süreyya Yiğit politician 1880–1952
  7. Ayşe Yiğit politician 1972–
  8. Selâhattin Yiğit amateur wrestler 1968–

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

Is Yiğit also a first name?

Yes. Yiğit is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “brave young man, hero”.

Yiğit as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Yiğit written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Yiğit is usually written Yigit. In Turkish ğ is silent and lengthens the vowel before it; y is a consonant, as in English "yes".

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yiğit 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
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Yiğit

Q1

What does the surname Yiğit mean?

A yiğit is a strong, stout-hearted, upright young man; yiğitlik combines courage with generosity. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *yegit and may be related to yeğ, “better, preferable”. It is also a common male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yiğit?

The root word of Yiğit is yiğit (Turkic): “brave young man; hero”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yiğit?

Yi·ğit, 2 syllables; IPA: /jiˈit/.