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

239 names · page 10 of 10

Hisar
“fortress, citadel, enclosure, siege”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hizebrulla
“lion of God”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Hömer
“flourishing, oasis, prosperity”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hörilla
“God's free person”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Hörmetjan
“to respect, to honour”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Hösmet
“purity, modesty”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hösmitulla
“God's pure person”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Hösnidin
“one who adds beauty to the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Huda
“the right path; to guide”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Humayun
“auspicious, fortunate, blessed”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Humul
“fruit”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Husam
“sword”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Husamidin
“sword of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Hüseyin
“diminutive of Hasan ('good, handsome')”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Bashkir
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Huseyni
“orphan child”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented

Hüseynidin
“good person of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Hushur
“born in the month of Ashura; tithe, alms”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hushurjan
“born in the month of Ashura; tithe, alms”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Hushyar
“intelligent, bright, quick-witted”
From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Huweyda
“guide; clear, evident”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Umer
“flourishing, oasis, prosperity”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ushur
“born in the month of Ashura; tithe, alms”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Xezir
“green, clear”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 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.