Surname index·Letter
Surnames beginning with E
187 of the dictionary’s 3,450 surnames begin with E (5.4%). Only one of them is in the national top 30: Erdoğan, ranked 26th with 233,535 people (TÜİK ADNKS 2025).
- Surnames
- 187
- in this index
- Most common
- Erdoğan
- 233,535 people
187 surnames in Turkish alphabetical order
- Ebüzziya father of light
- Ece queen, lady; elder sister
- Ecevit name of the Ecevit Inn
- Eczacıbaşı chief pharmacist
- Ede elder brother
- Edgü good
- Edirne city and province in Thrace
- Efe zeybek leader, brave man
- Efes Ephesus
- Ege the Aegean
- Egeli from the Aegean
- Eğilmez unbending, unbowed
- Eğri crooked, bent
- Eğribayat a place name in Konya
- Eke elder, grown-up; precocious child
- Eken one who sows
- Eker one who sows
- Ekici sower
- Ekim sowing; October
- Ekin crop, standing grain
- Ekinci grain grower, farmer
- Ekiz twin
- Ekmekçi baker
- Ekmekçioğlu son of the baker
- Ekrem most generous, most noble
- Ekşi sour
- Ekşioğlu son of the one called Ekşi (sour)
- Elbir alliance, unity
- Elçi envoy, ambassador
- Elçin envoy, state official
- Eldem altruistic, gentle
- Eldeniz sea of the realm
- Elgin stranger, living far from home
- Elgün sun of the homeland
- Eliaçık open-handed, generous
- Elibol open-handed, generous
- Elma apple
- Elmaağaçlı with apple trees
- Elmacı apple grower or seller
- Elmalı from Elmalı, ‘place of apples’
- Elmas diamond
- Elmaz diamond
- Eloğlu stranger, someone else’s son
- Eltemur iron of the realm
- Elvan colours, many-coloured
- Emek labour, painstaking work
- Emekli laborious; retired
- Emeksiz effortless
- Emin trustworthy, safe
- Emir commander, prince (given name)
- Emiroğlu son of the emir
- Emirtekin emir and prince
- Emre companion or beloved
- Ender rare, exceptional
- Engin vast, boundless
- Engindeniz the vast open sea
- Enver more luminous, radiant
- Er man, hero; soldier
- Eralp valiant warrior
- Eraslan lion-hearted hero
- Erat enlisted men, soldiers
- Eray moon-bright hero
- Eraydın enlightened hero
- Erbakan the watchful brave man
- Erbaş non-commissioned officer
- Erbatur brave hero
- Erbay brave, honoured lord
- Erbek valiant lord
- Erberk a firm, strong hero
- Erbulak the hero’s spring
- Ercan spirited, fearless man
- Erciyes Mount Erciyes
- Ercümen valuable, esteemed
- Erçetin tough, unyielding man
- Erçin true man
- Erdan man of the dawn (form of Ertan)
- Erdem virtue
- Erdemir man strong as iron
- Erdemli virtuous
- Erdemoğlu son of Erdem
- Erden virgin, untouched
- Erdener a man among men
- Erdeniz a brave man vast as the sea
- Erdil man of his word, or brave-hearted
- Erdinç vigorous, hale man
- Erdoğan warrior falcon; born a hero #26
- Erdoğdu a brave man was born
- Erdoğmuş a hero is born
- Erdost brave friend
- Erdönmez the man who never turns back
- Erduran the warrior who stands firm
- Erel land of heroes
- Eren saintly one; heroes
- Erener saintly hero
- Erenerol saint + be brave
- Erenkaya rock of the saints
- Erenler saints, holy men
- Erenli of the erens (saints)
- Erenoğlu son of Eren
- Erez brave, determined
- Ergeç sooner or later
- Ergen youth, bachelor
- Ergenç young hero
- Ergene the Ergene river in Thrace
- Ergenekon a valley of epic legend
- Ergezen roaming hero
- Ergin mature, fully grown
- Ergüder the man who keeps to his goal
- Ergül rose among heroes
- Ergün early-rising sun
- Ergüner sun-like hero
- Ergüney brave one + south
- Ergüven trustworthy man
- Erhan brave khan, just ruler
- Erik plum, plum tree
- Erim reach, range
- Erinç peace of mind, contentment
- Eriş attainment, reaching
- Erişmiş one who has attained
- Erk power, might
- Erkal stay brave; gain strength
- Erkan pillars; dignitaries
- Erkanlı well-mannered; of Erkan
- Erkaya man of rock
- Erke energy, power
- Erkek manly, true to his word
- Erkekli having a man
- Erken early
- Erkin free, independent
- Erkmen powerful, mighty
- Erkoç brave as a ram
- Erköse beardless man
- Erksan powerful and renowned
- Erkul brave, faithful servant
- Erkut blessed man
- Erler men, heroes
- Erman a real man, hero
- Ermiş saint, one who has attained
- Eroğlu son of the warrior
- Erol be brave, be a man
- Eronat proper, sensible man
- Erozan hero bard
- Ersin may he attain
- Ersoy line of heroes
- Ersöz man of his word
- Ersun er (man) + wish ending -sun
- Erşahin valiant hawk
- Erşan glorious man
- Erşen cheerful brave man
- Ertan man of the dawn
- Ertaş hero firm as stone
- Ertegün the next day, morning
- Ertekin heroic prince
- Ertem virtue (archaic form of erdem)
- Erten morning, early hour
- Ertok contented man
- Ertuğ standard-bearing hero
- Ertuğrul hero-falcon; name of Ertuğrul Gazi
- Ertuğruloğlu son of Ertuğrul
- Ertunç man strong as bronze
- Ertürk valiant Turk
- Eryılmaz undaunted hero
- Eryiğit a true hero, brave man
- Eryurt homeland of the brave
- Eryüksel rise, brave one!
- Erzincan a province in eastern Anatolia
- Esen healthy, safe and sound
- Esendağlı from Esendağ
- Esener hale and sound man
- Esensoy sound, healthy lineage
- Esentürk sound and well Turk
- Eser trace; work
- Esin inspiration; morning breeze
- Eskici second-hand dealer; cobbler
- Esmer dark-complexioned
- Evgin swift, urgent
- Evin love; kernel, essence
- Evirgen one who turns
- Evliya saint
- Evliyaoğlu son of the saint
- Evren universe, cosmos
- Eygi good
- Eyice quite good, thoroughly
- Eyüboğlu son of Eyüp (Job)
- Eyüpoğlu son of Eyüp (Job)
- Ezer Azer: fire; short for Eliezer
- Ezgi melody
The letter E in Turkish surnames
E is the front unrounded vowel. Spelling uses one letter for two sounds, a closer [e] and a more open [æ], so a name is not always pronounced the way its letters suggest. Native E-words that recur in surnames include er ‘man, soldier’, el ‘hand; people, land’, eren ‘saint, holy man’ and ekin ‘crop’: Eren, Ekinci, Erdoğan and Ertürk show them. Arabic names such as Emin and Ekrem also begin with E.
The surnames under this letter, in figures
The meanings are spread over 39 categories; the largest are “Built from Turkic name elements” (43), “Virtue and integrity” (18) and “Names of mountains, rivers and places” (9). Turkic roots dominate (147 surnames, 79.5%); the rest come from Arabic (19), Persian (9), Greek (5), Mongolic (3), Armenian (1), Kurdish (1). On average they have 5.8 letters, shorter than the dictionary average of 6.3. The longest is Ertuğruloğlu (12 letters), the shortest Er (2). In vowel harmony, names with only front vowels lead (114) over back-vowel names (0); 73 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)