Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yokuşlu

Yokuşlu /jokuʃˈɫu/ ASCII Yokuslu

“of the slope”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
back
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 Yokuşlu?

Yokuşlu

IPA /jokuʃˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Yokuşlu mean?

Yokuşlu means ‘with a slope, of the uphill place’. Yokuş is an uphill road or rise, derived from Proto-Turkic **yok* ‘up, hill’; -lu adds the sense ‘having’ or ‘from’. Place names of this shape also exist.1

Grammar yokuş + -lu.

That Yokuşlu goes back to yokuş is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Yokuşlu made of?

Yokuşlu breaks into 2 parts: yokuş (yokuş: uphill slope) + -lı (-lı: from (a place); having).

Yokuşlu + root yokuş yokuş: uphill slope TURKIC yokuş “uphill slope, rise” suffix -lı -lı: from (a place);having Yokuşlu yokuş root yokuş: uphill slope yokuş TURKIC “uphill slope, rise” -lı suffix -lı: from (a place); having
Yokuşlu: parts and root words
  • yokuş Turkic — uphill slope, rise1

How was the name Yokuşlu formed?

Yokuşlu belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (yokuş + -lı).

Who are some well-known people named Yokuşlu?

  1. Okay Yokuşlu association football player 1994–
  2. Erdi Yokuşlu association football player 1992–
  3. Kutay Yokuşlu association football player

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

How is Yokuşlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Yokuslu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yokuş 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 Yokuşlu

Q1

What does the surname Yokuşlu mean?

Yokuşlu means ‘with a slope, of the uphill place’. Yokuş is an uphill road or rise, derived from Proto-Turkic **yok* ‘up, hill’; -lu adds the sense ‘having’ or ‘from’. Place names of this shape also exist.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yokuşlu?

The root word of Yokuşlu is yokuş (Turkic): “uphill slope, rise”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yokuşlu?

Yo·kuş·lu, 3 syllables; IPA: /jokuʃˈɫu/.