Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yücedağ

Yücedağ /jydʒeˈdaː/ ASCII Yucedag

“lofty mountain”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Y
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Yücedağ?

Yücedağ

IPA /jydʒeˈdaː/

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

What does the surname Yücedağ mean?

Yücedağ is built from yüce, “lofty, exalted”, and dağ, “mountain”: “the lofty mountain”. Dağ goes back to Old Turkic tāġ. The compound conveys height and steadfastness.1,2

Grammar yüce + dağ: adjective + noun compound.

That Yücedağ goes back to yüce and dağ is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Yücedağ made of?

Yücedağ breaks into 2 parts: yüce (lofty, exalted) + dağ (mountain).

Yücedağ ++ first element yüce lofty, exalted TURKIC yüce “lofty, great” suffix dağ mountain TURKIC dağ “mountain” Yücedağ yüce first element lofty, exalted yüce TURKIC “lofty, great” dağ suffix mountain dağ TURKIC “mountain”
Yücedağ: parts and root words
  • yüce Turkic — lofty, great1
  • dağ Turkic — mountain2

How was the name Yücedağ formed?

Yücedağ belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (yüce + dağ).

Which surnames are related to Yücedağ?

Yücedağ Yücel Karadağ Yüce Akdağ Üstündağ Dağ Dağlı Bozdağ Dağdelen Dağdeviren Yücesoy Demirdağ
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yücel same root – –
02 Karadağ same root – –
03 Yüce same root – –
04 Akdağ same root – –
05 Üstündağ same root – –
06 Dağ same root – –
07 Dağlı same root – –
08 Bozdağ same root – –
09 Dağdelen same root – –
10 Dağdeviren same root – –
11 Yücesoy same root – –
12 Demirdağ same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yücedağ?

  1. Mustafa Yücedağ association football player 1966–2020
  2. Bekir Yücedağ association football player
  3. Emre Yücedağ association football player
  4. Utku Yücedağ basketball player 1994–

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

How is Yücedağ written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Yucedag. In Turkish, c sounds like English j in “jam”; ğ is not pronounced as a consonant but lengthens the vowel before it; ü is like the vowel in French “tu”.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yüce accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: dağ 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

Common questions about Yücedağ

Q1

What does the surname Yücedağ mean?

Yücedağ is built from yüce, “lofty, exalted”, and dağ, “mountain”: “the lofty mountain”. Dağ goes back to Old Turkic tāġ. The compound conveys height and steadfastness.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yücedağ?

The root word of Yücedağ is yüce (Turkic): “lofty, great”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yücedağ?

Yü·ce·dağ, 3 syllables; IPA: /jydʒeˈdaː/.