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.
- Published names
- 6733
- Scripts in our data
- Latin, Arabic script
- ISO 639-1
- ug
Browse Uyghur names
87 names · page 1 of 4
- “worship, obedience, submission”From Arabic · UyghurGirl1 syllableDocumented
- “pure, chaste”From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, AzerbaijaniGirl3 syllablesEditorial
- “a woman worthy of being worn as a crown”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “crown of women”From Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “a woman worthy of being worn as a crown”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “girl beautiful as the light of dawn”From Turkic and Arabic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “patient woman”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “girl enduring as stone, who will live long”From Turkic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “pretty, precious and cherished as fine silk”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “pretty, precious and cherished as fine silk”From Turkic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “pretty, precious and cherished as fine silk”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “greeting, congratulation, respect, asking after one's health”From Arabic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “girl precious as the talha tree”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “risen; one whose luck comes; lucky star, good omen”UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “risen; one whose luck comes; lucky star, good omen”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “name of a tree yielding gum arabic”From Arabic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “girl precious as the talha tree”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “sentry, guard”From Arabic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “name of a tree yielding gum arabic”UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “lively, spirited woman”From Turkic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “firm, strong, capable, self-possessed”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “to applaud, beat the drum”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “gift, present”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “girl entrusted to God”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurGirl4 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):
- Arabic3157
- Persian1004
- Turkic873
- Hebrew45
- European11
- Azerbaijani5
- Uyghur5
Counted from 6733 published entries. Each name page explains its own etymology with sources.
Uyghur names by meaning
Explore related languages
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.

