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Turkish name

A Turkish name consists of an ad or an isim (given name; plural adlar and isimler) and a soyadı or soyisim (surname).[1] Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı (surname) in the full name there may be more than one ad (given name). Married women may carry both their maiden and husband's surnames. The soyadı is written as the last element of the full name, after all given names (except that official documents related to registration matters often use the format "Soyadı, Adı").

History

Naming customs during the Ottoman Expire

Given names

See also: Category:Turkish masculine given names, Category:Turkish feminine given names, and Category:Turkish unisex given names

At least one name, often two but very rarely more, are given to a person at birth. Newly given names are allowed up to three words. Most names are gender-specific: Oğuz is strictly for males, Tuğçe only for females. But many Turkish names are unisex. Many modern given names (such as Deniz, "sea"; or Ülkü, "ideal") are given to newborns of either sex.

Among the common examples of the many unisex names in Turkey include Aytaç, Deniz, Derya, Evren, Evrim, Özgür, and Yücel. Unlike English unisex names, most Turkish unisex names have been traditionally used for both genders. However, some unisex names are used more for one gender (Derya is used more for girls, whereas Aytaç is used more for boys). Names are given to babies by their parents and then registered in "The Central Civil Registration System" (MERNIS)[2] while preparing the baby's identity document at the birth registration office of the district's governorship.

Turkish names are often words with specific meanings in the Turkish language.[3]

Most Turkish names can easily be differentiated from others,[4] except those of other Turkic nations, particularly Azerbaijan (see Azerbaijani name),[5] especially if they are of pure Turkic origin such as Ersen. The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet of 1928, in force as decreed by article 174 of the Constitution of Turkey, prescribes that only letters in the Turkish alphabet may be used on birth certificates. As the Turkish alphabet has no Q, W, X, or other symbols, names including those cannot be officially given unless they are transliterated into Turkish.

Ideological concerns of the families can also affect naming behaviour.[6] Some religious families give first or second names of Arabic origin, which can be names of important figures in the religion of Islam such as Muhammed and Ali. The Arabic-origin names may also be adjectives such as Münci[7] and Mebrure.[8] Some of these names have evolved in time, differentiating from the Arabic original, as in the case of Mehmet (although the original name [Muhammed] also began to be used after the switch to the Latin alphabet distinguished the two spellings). Another change is for linguistic reasons such as in the case of Vahdettin (from Vahideddin), Sadettin (from Sa'adeddin), or Nurettin (from Nureddin).

Some Turkish people with a middle name are commonly referred to with just one of these names, while others are referred to with both. For example, the writer Ferit Orhan Pamuk is commonly known simply as Orhan Pamuk, but another writer, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, is known with both given names. Many Turkish people with more than one given name, like Orhan Pamuk, are often known and called by the name preceding their surname, as opposed to Western naming conventions.

Some of the given names from earlier periods are still in use such as Öner[9] and Rasih.[10]

Surnames

See also: Category:Turkish-language surnames

Until the introduction of the Surname Law in 1934, as part of Atatürk's Reforms, ethnic Turks who were Turkish citizens had no surnames. The law required all citizens of Turkey to adopt an official surname. Before that, male Turks often used their father's name followed by -oğlu ("son of"), or a nickname of the family, before their given name (e.g. Mustafa-oğlu Mehmet, Köselerin Hasan) before the modern era. The Turks who descended from a ruling house used -zade ("descendant in the male line"), e.g. Sami Paşazade Mehmet Bey ("Mehmet Bey, descendant/son of Sami Pasha").

The surname (soyad, literally "lineage name" or "family name") is an ancestry-based name following a person's given names, used for addressing people or the family.[11] The surname (soyadı) is a single word according to Turkish law such as Akay or Özdemir. It is not gender-specific and has no gender-dependent modifications. The soyadı is neither patronymic nor matronymic. Surnames in Turkey are patrilineal: they pass in the male line from father to his legal children without any change in form. Turkey has abolished all notions of nobility; thus, there is no noble form or type of surname.

Since 2014, women in Turkey are allowed to keep their birth names alone for their whole life instead of using their husbands' names.[12] Before this date, the Turkish Code of Civil Law Article 187 required a married woman to compulsorily obtain her husband's surname after the marriage; or otherwise, to use her birth name in front of her husband's name by giving a written application to the marriage officer or the civil registry office. In 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that prohibiting married women from retaining only maiden names is a violation of their rights.[13] After divorce, the woman returns to her pre-marriage surname. The court may grant a woman the right to keep her ex-husband's surname after divorcing; the court's decision must consider both the man's and the woman's situations.[14] A woman may have only two surnames due to marriage. Thus, a woman who continues to use a double surname after divorcing, cannot take a third surname by marrying again.[15] The child of a family takes the "family name", which is his or her father's surname. A child takes their mother's surname if the mother is not married, or if the father is unknown.[16]

Turkish citizens may change their surnames according to Turkish Civil Law[17] and Turkish Law on Population Services via court decision of "civil court of first instance".[18]

Most common names

Male

Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10
Babies born, 2013[19] Yusuf Berat Mustafa Emir Ahmet Ömer Mehmet Muhammed Emirhan Eymen
Babies born, 2022[20] Alparslan Yusuf Miraç Göktuğ Ömer Asaf Eymen Ömer Aras Mustafa Ali Asaf
Overall, 2013[21] Mehmet Mustafa Ahmet Ali Hüseyin Hasan İbrahim İsmail Osman Yusuf

Female

Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10
Babies born, 2013[19] Zeynep Elif Ecrin Yağmur Azra Zehra Nisanur Ela Belinay Nehir
Babies born, 2022[20] Zeynep Asel Defne Zümra Elif Asya Azra Nehir Eylül Ecrin
Overall, 2013[21] Fatma Ayşe Emine Hatice Zeynep Elif Meryem Şerife Zehra Sultan

Surnames

Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10
Overall, 2013[22] Yılmaz Kaya Demir Şahin Çelik Yıldız Yıldırım Öztürk Aydın Özdemir

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ad. (2009). In Güncel Türkçe Sözlük. Turkish Language Society. Retrieved April 19, 2009". Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Mernis (2009)". Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  3. ^ Razum, O., Zeeb, H., & Akgün, S. (2001). How useful is a name-based algorithm in health research among Turkish migrants in Germany? Tropical Medicine & International Health: TM & IH, 6(8), 654-61.
  4. ^ Bouwhuis, C. B., & Moll, H. A. (2003) Determination of Ethnicity in Children in the Netherlands: Two Methods Compared. European Journal of Epidemiology, 18(5), p. 385.
  5. ^ "Azerbaijani Baby Names". Babynames2go.com. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Kazancı, Metin. (2006). Althusser, Ideology And Final Word On Ideology. Istanbul University Faculty of Communication Journal. 24". Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Münci". Osmanlıca Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Mebrur". Kubbealtı Lugatı (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  9. ^ C. Edmund Bosworth (2012). "Notes on Some Turkish Personal Names in Seljūq Military History". Der Islam. 89 (1–2): 106. doi:10.1515/islam-2012-0005.
  10. ^ "Rasih Ne Demek, Ne Anlama Gelir? Rasih Kelimesinin Tdk Sözlük Anlamı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Soyadı. (2009). In Büyük Türkçe Sözlük. Turkish Language Society. Retrieved April 22, 2009". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  12. ^ "Married Women in Turkey may use their maiden name without husband's surname hereinafter". Birthname usage in Turkey. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Prohibiting married women from retaining only maiden names a violation: Top court". Hürriyet Daily News. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  14. ^ Turkish Grand National Assembly. (2001). Turkish Civil Law. Retrieved April 22, 2009 (article 173)
  15. ^ Turkish Grand National Assembly. (2001). Turkish Civil Law. Retrieved April 22, 2009 (article 187)
  16. ^ Turkish Grand National Assembly. (2001). Turkish Civil Law. Retrieved April 22, 2009 (article 321)
  17. ^ Turkish Grand National Assembly. (2001). Turkish Civil Law. Retrieved April 22, 2009 (articles 26, 27)
  18. ^ Turkish Grand National Assembly. (2001). Turkish Civil Law. Retrieved April 22, 2009 (articles 35,36,37)
  19. ^ a b "Most Popular Given Names to Babies, 2013" (PDF). Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  20. ^ a b "Nüfus İstatistikleri Portalı". nip.tuik.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Most Popular Given Names, 2013" (PDF). Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  22. ^ "Most Popular Surnames, 2013" (PDF). Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

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