Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yuluğ

Yuluğ /juˈɫuː/ ASCII Yulug

“old Turkic name; great”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Y
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Yuluğ?

Yuluğ

IPA /juˈɫuː/

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

What does the surname Yuluğ mean?

Yuluğ is an old personal name found in Early Anatolian Turkish. Nişanyan Adlar notes that it is sometimes used as an equivalent of Uluğ; uluğ means “exalted, great, elder” in Old Turkic. The same source also gives the meaning “bald” with a question mark.1,2

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. An equivalent of Uluğ, “exalted, great” (Nişanyan Adlar).
  2. The sense “bald”, given with a question mark (Nişanyan Adlar).

What is Yuluğ made of?

Yuluğ is a single root: yuluğ (personal name in Old Anatolian Turkish).

Yuluğ + root yuluğ personal name in OldAnatolian Turkish TURKIC Yuluğ “name found in EarlyAnatolian Turkish;…” TURKIC uluğ “elder; exalted, great” Yuluğ yuluğ root personal name in Old Anatolian Turkish Yuluğ TURKIC “name found in Early AnatolianTurkish; sometimes equated with…” uluğ TURKIC “elder; exalted, great”
Yuluğ: parts and root words
  • Yuluğ Turkic — name found in Early Anatolian Turkish; sometimes equated with Uluğ1
  • uluğ Turkic — elder; exalted, great2

How was the name Yuluğ formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Yuluğ?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Uluğ same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yuluğ?

  1. Ali Haydar Yuluğ politician 1878–1937
  2. Burak Yuluğ researcher
  3. Esin Yuluğ researcher

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

Is Yuluğ also a first name?

Yes. Yuluğ is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “old Turkic name; great”.

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

How is Yuluğ written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Yulug.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Yuluğ accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: uluğ 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Yuluğ

Q1

What does the surname Yuluğ mean?

Yuluğ is an old personal name found in Early Anatolian Turkish. Nişanyan Adlar notes that it is sometimes used as an equivalent of Uluğ; uluğ means “exalted, great, elder” in Old Turkic. The same source also gives the meaning “bald” with a question mark.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yuluğ?

The root word of Yuluğ is Yuluğ (Turkic): “name found in Early Anatolian Turkish; sometimes equated with Uluğ”. There are 3 competing views on where Yuluğ comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yuluğ?

Yu·luğ, 2 syllables; IPA: /juˈɫuː/.