MaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Gökhan: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Gökhan is a boy’s name of Turkish origin. It means “sky khan, ruler of the heavens”.

Say it: gurk-hahn

About the name Gökhan

Meaning: sky khan, ruler of the heavens
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; Turkish gök “sky” + han “khan”.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: gurk-hahn

How to pronounce Gökhan

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinggurk-hahn is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

Gökhan

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ö
ö is a rounded “e”
Say “eh” and round your lips: the vowel of German “schön”. Our respelling writes it “ur” as in British “fur”, without the r.
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h
h is always pronounced
Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Gökhan with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Gökhan'a, Gökhan'ın), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of Gökhan is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Gökhan'da, Gökhan'ı.

Because Gökhan ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Gökhan'ı, Gökhan'a) with no buffer letter.

Case forms of Gökhan
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Gökhan'ı	Gökhan'ı tanıyor musun? Do you know Gökhan?
Dative (to)	Gökhan'a	Gökhan'a bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Gökhan.
Locative (at / with)	Gökhan'da	Anahtarlar Gökhan'da. Gökhan has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Gökhan.)
Ablative (from)	Gökhan'dan	Gökhan'dan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Gökhan.
Genitive (’s)	Gökhan'ın	Bu Gökhan'ın çantası. This is Gökhan’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Gökhan'la	Dün Gökhan'la konuştum. I talked with Gökhan yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gökhan mean?

Gökhan is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “sky khan, ruler of the heavens”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. Turkish gök “sky” + han “khan”.

How do you pronounce Gökhan?

Say it roughly as “gurk-hahn”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Say “eh” and round your lips: the vowel of German “schön”. Our respelling writes it “ur” as in British “fur”, without the r.

How do you add suffixes to Gökhan in Turkish?

Because Gökhan is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Gökhan'a (to Gökhan), Gökhan'ın (Gökhan’s), Gökhan'da (at Gökhan’s) and Gökhan'la (with Gökhan).