Language guide

Uyghur Names: Meanings, Origins & Traditions

Uyghur names on this site are shown first in the Uyghur Arabic alphabet, written right to left, exactly as recorded in our sources, followed by the Latin romanization where a source gives one. Uyghur naming draws on native Turkic words (for example words for the moon, light or bravery) as well as a large stock of Arabic and Persian names and elements. Spellings in other scripts are never generated automatically.

ئۇيغۇرچە

Karluk branch of the Turkic language family

Published names: 6733
Scripts in our data: Latin, Arabic script
ISO 639-1: ug

Browse Uyghur names

52 names · page 1 of 3

Ibadet
“to prostrate, to worship; to serve God”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ibadetxan
“to prostrate, to worship; to serve God”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Ibadigül
“to prostrate, to worship; to serve God”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Ibadiqiz
“to prostrate, to worship; to serve God”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Ibadixan
“to prostrate, to worship; to serve God”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Ibagul
“girl like a flower”
Uyghur, Kazakh
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ibanur
“light of worship”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ibaqiz
“to prostrate, to worship; to serve God”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ilhamiye
“good tidings; feeling”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ilimnur
“light of knowledge”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ilmira
“lover of the people; love of the people”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ilnigar
“one who loves the people; friend of the people”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ilnur
“light of the homeland”
From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur, Tatar, Bashkir
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Imane
“trust, absolute conviction; to believe”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Imigülsüm
“mother of Kulsum”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented

Imire
“female emir”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Imirnisa
“lady, emir of women”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Intizar
“to wait; longing”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ipar
“musk, fragrant substance from the musk deer”
From Persian · Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Iparay
“girl like musk”
From Persian and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Iparem
“musk, fragrant substance from the musk deer”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ipargül
“musk, fragrant substance from the musk deer”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Iparnisa
“musk of women”
From Persian and Arabic · Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Iparqiz
“musk, fragrant substance from the musk deer”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented

How Uyghur names are written

The Uyghur Arabic alphabet is the official script in Xinjiang. It writes all vowels, including ې, ۆ, ۈ and ئ-initial forms, which makes it closer to pronunciation than many other Arabic-based scripts. Uyghur Latin (ULY) is common online and in Western countries, and Uyghur Cyrillic is still used in Central Asia. Latin forms on this site are labelled with the system they follow.

Where Uyghur names come from

A name used in Uyghur is not automatically Uyghur in origin. Here is how the documented origins of the Uyghur names published so far break down (a name with elements from two languages counts under both):

Arabic
3157
Persian
1004
Turkic
873
Hebrew
45
European
11
Azerbaijani
5
Uyghur
5

Counted from 6733 published entries. Each name page explains its own etymology with sources.

Uyghur names by meaning

Uyghur belongs to the Karluk branch of the Turkic languages, together with Uzbek. Related languages share many words, but a name is listed under a language only when it is documented there.

Other languages: Turkish · Kazakh · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Turkmen · Tatar · Bashkir · Tajik

References for this page

Wikipedia contributors. Turkic languages. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1377797900. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikipedia contributors. Uyghur alphabets. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1372619492. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.