Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yiğitbaşı

Yiğitbaşı /jijitbaˈʃɯ/ ASCII Yigitbasi

“guild officer”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
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 Yiğitbaşı?

Yiğitbaşı

IPA /jijitbaˈʃɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Yiğitbaşı mean?

Yiğitbaşı was the title of the officer in Ottoman craft guilds who carried out their decisions, working between the masters and the guild steward. The word joins yiğit, “young man”, and başı, “head of”. Rooted in the Ahi guild tradition, the title is still recorded in the dictionary.1

Grammar yiğit + baş + -ı, an indefinite noun compound.

Yiğitbaşı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Yiğitbaşı made of?

Yiğitbaşı breaks into 2 parts: yiğit (young man, brave youth) + başı (head of).

Yiğitbaşı + root yiğit young man, brave youth TURKIC yiğitbaşı “officer who carried outthe decisions of the…” suffix başı head of Yiğitbaşı yiğit root young man, brave youth yiğitbaşı TURKIC “officer who carried out thedecisions of the craft guilds” başı suffix head of
Yiğitbaşı: parts and root words
  • yiğitbaşı Turkic — officer who carried out the decisions of the craft guilds1

How was the name Yiğitbaşı formed?

Yiğitbaşı belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (yiğit + başı).

Which surnames are related to Yiğitbaşı?

Yiğitbaşı Yiğit Koçyiğit Özyiğit Eryiğit 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 Yiğit same root – –
02 Koçyiğit same root – –
03 Özyiğit same root – –
04 Eryiğit same root – –
05 Yiğiter same root – –
06 Başyiğit same root – –
07 Yiğitoğlu same root – –
08 Karayiğit same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yiğitbaşı?

  1. Kübra Güran Yiğitbaşı statesperson 1979–
  2. Gazi Yiğitbaşı politician 1898–1961
  3. Ömer Yiğitbaşı politician 1918–2006
  4. Orhan Yiğitbaşı researcher
  5. Türkan Yiğitbaşı researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yiğitbaşı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Yiğitbaşı

Q1

What does the surname Yiğitbaşı mean?

Yiğitbaşı was the title of the officer in Ottoman craft guilds who carried out their decisions, working between the masters and the guild steward. The word joins yiğit, “young man”, and başı, “head of”. Rooted in the Ahi guild tradition, the title is still recorded in the dictionary.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yiğitbaşı?

The root word of Yiğitbaşı is yiğitbaşı (Turkic): “officer who carried out the decisions of the craft guilds”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yiğitbaşı?

Yi·ğit·ba·şı, 4 syllables; IPA: /jijitbaˈʃɯ/.