Surname index·Length
9-letter surnames
386 of the dictionary’s 4,813 surnames have exactly 9 letters (8.0%), the fifth most common length. None of them is in the national top 30 of TÜİK ADNKS 2025, so each is rarer than every name on that list.
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386 surnames in Turkish alphabetical order
- Abacıoğlu son of the aba-cloth maker
- Abalıoğlu son of the cloak-wearer
- Abbasoğlu son of Abbas
- Ahmetoğlu son of Ahmet
- Akkoyunlu of the white sheep; historical name
- Akpinarli from Akpınar
- Aksakallı white-bearded
- Aksoyoğlu son of Aksoy (“pure lineage”)
- Aldıkaçtı ‘took it and ran’
- Alnıtemiz clean-browed, blameless
- Alparslan heroic lion
- Altındere golden brook
- Altınışık golden light
- Altınkaya golden rock
- Altınkurt golden wolf
- Altınmeşe golden oak
- Altınoluk town in Edremit
- Altınorak golden sickle
- Altınordu the Golden Horde
- Altıoklar the six arrows
- Altinoglu son of Altın (“gold”)
- Altunışık golden light
- Altuniğne golden needle
- Altunkaya golden rock
- Altunmeşe golden oak
- Altunoğlu son of Altun (“gold”)
- Altunoluk golden gutter
- Antalyalı from Antalya
- Arcayürek pure-hearted
- Ardahanlı from Ardahan
- Ardıçoğlu son of Ardıç (juniper)
- Arıcıoğlu son of the beekeeper
- Arslancan lion-hearted
- Arslankan of lion’s blood
- Arslantaş lion stone
- Ashaboğlu son of the Companions
- Aslanoğlu son of Aslan (“lion”)
- Aslantürk lion-like Turk
- Aydınoğlu son of Aydın
- Ayvazoğlu son of Ayvaz, the steward
- Babaoğlan father’s lad
- Babayiğit stout-hearted, fearless man
- Bacakoğlu son of “Leg”
- Bağrıaçık open-breasted
- Bahadırlı of the hero
- Balcıoğlu son of the honey seller
- Barsamyan son of Barsam
- Başıbüyük big-headed; of standing
- Bayrakdar flag-bearer
- Bayraktar standard-bearer
- Becerikli skilful, capable
- Bekaroğlu son of the bachelor
- Bekiroğlu son of Bekir
- Benlioğlu son of the one with a mole
- Berberyan son of the barber
- Beşiroğlu son of Beşir
- Beyazoğlu white + son of
- Beyleryan son of the lords
- Bildirici one who announces
- Boduroğlu son of Bodur (“the stocky one”)
- Bolayırlı from Bolayır
- Borazancı bugler
- Bornovalı from Bornova
- Bostanlık place of vegetable gardens
- Boyacıyan of the dyer’s family
- Bozarslan grey lion
- Bölükbaşı company commander
- Bulakbaşı spring-head, source
- Bulutoğlu son of Bulut (‘cloud’)
- Büyükağaç great tree
- Büyükaşık the great minstrel
- Büyükburç great tower; great sign
- Büyükkaya big rock
- Caferoğlu son of Cafer
- Caneroğlu son of Caner
- Cankardeş dear brother
- Cavadzade son of Cavad
- Ceritoğlu son of Cerit
- Cevizoğlu son of Ceviz (walnut)
- Cezayirli from Algiers / Algeria
- Çakaloğlu jackal + -oğlu
- Çakıroğlu son of Çakır (“grey-eyed”)
- Çalıkıran bush-breaker
- Çamkerten pine-notcher
- Çapanoğlu son of Çapan
- Çavuşoğlu son of the sergeant
- Çelikkaya rock hard as steel
- Çelikyurt homeland of steel
- Çeribashi troop commander (çeribaşı)
- Çetinkaya hard rock, unyielding crag
- Çevikelli nimble-handed
- Çığıraçan trailblazing, pioneer
- Çiçekoğlu son of Çiçek; flower
- Çiftpınar twin spring
- Çobanoğlu son of the shepherd
- Çolakkadı the one-armed kadı
- Çolakoğlu son of Çolak (nickname)
- Çulhaoğlu son of the weaver
- Danişmend scholar, learned man
- Davutoğlu son of Davut (David)
- Delibalta reckless axeman
- Deliorman region on the Lower Danube; ‘wild forest’
- Demiralay iron regiment
- Demirayak iron-footed, tireless
- Demirboğa iron bull
- Demirezen iron-crusher
- Demirezer iron-crusher
- Demirkaya iron rock
- Demiroğlu son of Demir (“iron”)
- Devrilmez unshakeable, never toppled
- Dilbilgen knower of languages
- Direkoğlu son of the one called Direk (pillar)
- Doğramacı joiner
- Dumanoğlu son of Duman
- Durakoğlu son of Durak
- Düzparmak straight finger
- Eğribayat a place name in Konya
- Eğrikavuk crooked cap
- Emirtekin emir and prince
- Enginyurt boundless homeland
- Erdemoğlu son of Erdem
- Ergenekon a valley of epic legend
- Erkoyuncu brave sheep breeder
- Esendağlı from Esendağ
- Esendemir sound iron
- Eyiceoğlu son of Eyice (“fairly good”)
- Fazlıoğlu son of Fazlı
- Feyizoğlu son of Feyiz (“abundance”)
- Feyzioğlu son of Feyzi
- Fisunoğlu son of Fisun (“charm, spell”)
- Gedikoğlu son of Gedik (“mountain pass”)
- Gençaslan young lion
- Gençerler young heroes
- Gençpınar fresh spring
- Gençyürek young heart
- Gidişoğlu son of Gidiş (“going”)
- Gökçiğdem blue crocus
- Göksungur falcon of the sky
- Gökyıldız star of the sky
- Gözübüyük big-eyed
- Gücüyener whose strength prevails
- Güçbilmez knows no hardship
- Güleroğlu son of Güler (“smiling”)
- Gümüşdere silver brook
- Gümüşpala silver scimitar
- Günarslan sun lion
- Güngörmüş seasoned, experienced
- Gürkaynak abundant, gushing spring
- Güvenışık trust + light
- Güvenilir trustworthy
- Hadımoğlu hadım + -oğlu; of Hadım
- Haliloğlu son of Halil (“friend”)
- Hamzaoğlu son of Hamza
- Hancıoğlu son of the innkeeper
- Hatipoğlu son of the preacher
- Hayrettin goodness of the faith; a man’s name
- Hekimoğlu son of the physician
- Hüdaverdi God gave
- İbrahimli of İbrahim’s family
- İhsanoğlu son of İhsan
- İshakoğlu son of İshak (Isaac)
- İslamoğlu son of İslam
- İslimyeli from İslimye (Sliven)
- Kabasakal bushy-bearded
- Kaçaroğlu son of Kaçar
- Kadiroğlu son of Kadir
- Kahyaoğlu son of the steward
- Kalemoğlu son of the pen (clerk)
- Kamiloğlu son of Kâmil
- Kapıkıran door-breaker
- Karaaslan black lion; mighty hero
- Karabacak black-legged; nickname
- Karabekir ‘black’ Bekir
- Karabıyık black-moustached
- Karaböcek black beetle
- Karabudak black branch; a Dede Korkut hero
- Karabulut dark cloud
- Karacabey Karacabey (district of Bursa)
- Karaçayır dark meadow
- Karaçelik black steel
- Karadağlı from Karadağ
- Karademir black iron; iron-hard
- Karadeniz the Black Sea
- Karadoğan black falcon
- Karaduman black smoke
- Karagözlü black-eyed
- Karagülle black cannonball
- Karahasan “Dark Hasan”
- Karakaşlı black-browed
- Karakoyun black sheep
- Karakulak caracal; formerly messenger
- Karaküçük dark little one
- Karamanlı from Karaman
What does a 9-letter surname look like?
Nine-letter surnames are mostly two-word compounds, such as Karabulut ‘dark cloud’, Çetinkaya, Yeşilyurt ‘green homeland’ and Karadeniz ‘Black Sea’, or -oğlu names on a five-letter base: Hatipoğlu ‘son of the preacher’, Terzioğlu ‘son of the tailor’, Osmanoğlu. Bayraktar ‘standard-bearer’ is one of the few single words of this length, a hybrid of Turkish bayrak ‘flag’ and the Persian suffix -dār ‘holder’.
Surnames of this length, in figures
The meanings are spread over 46 categories; the largest are “Patronymic -oğlu surnames” (83), “Surnames from nicknames” (31) and “Mountains, rocks and stones” (26). Turkic roots dominate (258 surnames, 67.7%); the rest come from Arabic (78), Persian (26), Greek (9), other languages (4), Armenian (3), French (2), Mongolic (1). By syllables, most have 4 syllables (306); 76 have 3 syllables and 4 have 5 syllables. The most frequent initials are K (88), A (40) and B (33). By vowel harmony, names with mixed vowels form the largest group (179), which in surnames usually signals a compound or a loan; 170 have only back vowels and 37 only front vowels.