Surname index·Length

7-letter surnames

855 of the dictionary’s 5,194 surnames have exactly 7 letters (16.5%), the third most common length. 3 of them are in the national top 30; the most common is Özdemir, ranked 10th with 556,378 people (TÜİK ADNKS 2025). Next come Korkmaz (21st) and Erdoğan (26th).

Surnames: 855; in this index
In the national top 30: 3¹; ADNKS 2025
Most common: Özdemir; 556,378 people
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855 surnames in Turkish alphabetical order

Abaoğlu aba (woollen cloak) + -oğlu
Abbaslı of Abbas’s family
Acarbay bold lord
Acemyan Acem + -yan (family suffix)
Açıkbaş bare-headed
Açıkgöz shrewd, wide-awake
Açıksöz frank, outspoken
Adatepe island hill
Afyoncu opium-poppy grower or seller
Agirdag massive mountain
Ağaoğlu son of the ağa
Ağırbaş dignified, sedate
Ağırman grave, dignified
Ahlatçı wild-pear gatherer or seller
Ahunbay scholar-lord
Akarnur flowing light
Akaydın white and bright
Akbalık chub (freshwater fish)
Akbaşlı white-headed
Akbayır white slope
Akbıyık white moustache
Akbudak white branch
Akbulak white spring
Akbulat bright steel
Akbulut white cloud
Akbunar clear spring
Akburak white Burak
Akçadağ whitish mountain; town in Malatya
Akçakın white spark, or white raid
Akçayöz essence of the clear stream
Akçelik bright steel
Akçiçek white flower
Akdemir bright iron
Akdeniz the Mediterranean
Akdoğan white falcon; born pure
Akduman white mist
Akgönül pure-hearted
Akınözü heart of the raid
Akkanat white wing
Akkemik white bone, sound stock
Akkılıç gleaming sword
Akkiraz white cherry
Akkoyun white sheep
Akpınar white spring, clear source
Akpolat bright steel
Akpulat bright steel
Aksakal village elder; white-bearded
Aksoylu of pure, noble lineage
Aksular clear waters
Aksüyek “white bone”, noble-born
Akşener pure, cheerful man
Aktekin white prince
Aktolga white helmet
Aktulga white helmet
Akyavaş pure and gentle
Akyigit pure-hearted hero
Akyürek pure-hearted
Alabora capsizing
Alçelik red steel
Alçiçek red flower
Aldemir red iron
Aldoğan red falcon
Alemdar standard-bearer
Alioğlu son of Ali
Alizade son of Ali
Alkılıç red sword
Alpagut hero, warrior
Alpaşar hero who overcomes
Alpkaya heroic rock
Alptürk brave Turk
Alpuğan mighty hero
Altaylı from the Altai
Altekin red prince
Altıkat six layers, six storeys
Altınay golden moon
Altınel golden land; golden hand
Altıner golden hero
Altınok golden arrow
Altınöz golden at heart
Altunay golden moon
Altunel golden land, golden realm
Altuner man of gold
Altunok golden arrow
Alyanak rosy-cheeked
Anbarcı storekeeper
Andican the city of Andijan
Anlağan perceptive, quick to understand
Apaydın very bright, radiant
Arabacı carter, coachman
Arayıcı searcher
Arcagök clear sky
Arcasoy pure lineage
Arıtürk pure Turk
Armağan gift, present
Armaner Arman + er, man of longing
Armutçu pear grower or seller
Arseven one who loves honour
Artemel brave foundation
Arzuman eager, desirous
Aşçıgil the cook’s family
Atakanı ancestors’ blood
Atamgüç my ancestor is my strength
Atamsoy my ancestor’s lineage
Ataoğlu son of Ata, son of the forefather
Atatürk father of the Turks
Atayurt ancestral homeland
Atçeken one who leads the horse
Ateşyan fire + Armenian -yan “son of”
Atılgan daring, enterprising
Atılhan renowned lord
Atlıhan renowned lord
Avcıbay hunter lord
Avcılar the hunters
Avkıran game-slayer, skilled hunter
Avsever lover of hunting
Ayaydın bright as the moon
Ayçiçek moon-flower; sunflower
Aydemir moon-bright and iron-strong
Aydeniz moonlit sea
Aydıner bright-faced man
Aydınlı from Aydın
Aydınus enlightened mind
Aydilek moon + wish
Aydoğan born like the moon
Aydoğdu “the moon has risen”
Aydoslu from Aydos
Ayengin vast as the moon
Ayerdem moon-bright virtue
Aygören one who sees the moon
Aygüler smiling like the moon
Aygüneş moon and sun
Aykanat moon-bright wing
Aykutlu of the Aykut family
Ayrancı ayran maker or seller
Aytekin moon prince
Aytemir moon and iron
Aytemiz pure as the moon
Aytemur moon iron (old form of Aydemir)
Aytimur moon iron
Aytolan full moon
Ayverdi given by the Moon
Babacan fatherly, good-hearted
Babadağ place name: baba + dağ
Babalık fatherhood
Bademci almond seller
Bahadır valiant hero
Bahçeci gardener
Bahçeli with a garden
Bakırcı coppersmith
Bâkiler the Bâki family; everlasting
Balaban bittern; reed pipe; hefty
Balamir name of a Hun leader; robust
Balıkçı fisherman, fishmonger
Balkaya honey rock
Baloğlu son of Bal (‘honey’)
Baltacı axe-maker; woodcutter; palace halberdier
Baransu rainwater
Barışık at peace, reconciled
Barışta in peace
Barutçu gunpowder maker
Basmacı cloth printer
Başaran one who succeeds
Başarır who succeeds
Başgöze head spring, source
Başkaya the chief rock
Başkent capital city
Başkurt Bashkir, a Turkic people
Başoğlu son of the chief
Baştürk leading Turk
Batanay setting moon
Batıgün the western sun

What does a 7-letter surname look like?

From seven letters on, most surnames are made of two parts. Some are compounds of two words, such as Özdemir (öz + demir) and Karataş (kara + taş, ‘black stone’); others are a root plus a derivational suffix, such as Demirci, demir ‘iron’ plus -ci, the suffix for a trade: ‘smith’. Köroğlu, also the name of a folk-epic hero, is one of the shortest -oğlu names: a three-letter base plus oğlu.

Surnames of this length, in figures

The meanings are spread over 47 categories; the largest are “Built from Turkic name elements” (62), “Crafts: metal, wood, stone and leather” (44) and “Virtue and integrity” (39). Turkic roots dominate (644 surnames, 76.7%); the rest come from Persian (83), Arabic (62), Greek (24), other languages (12), Mongolic (8), Armenian (4), French (3). By syllables, most have 3 syllables (772); 59 have 2 syllables and 24 have 4 syllables. The most frequent initials are A (141), K (125) and B (74). In vowel harmony, names with only back vowels lead (354) over front-vowel names (215); 286 mix the two, usually a sign of a compound or a loan.

By number of letters

Sources

1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)