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

611 names · page 5 of 26

Merdishah
“the name Merdi with the epithet Shah”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mergen
“one who takes aim”
From Turkic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Merghub
“pleasing, as desired, as hoped for”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meri
“worth seeing”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mermer
“precious stone”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Merup
“known, recognised, famous”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Merzuq
“happy, prosperous, possessing all necessities”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meshel
“source of light, luminary”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meshem
“fragrant”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meshemjan
“fragrant”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Meshhud
“worth remembering”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meshhur
“famous, renowned”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meshq
“model, example, sample”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Meshreb
“place to quench thirst”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meshsha
“swift-footed, fast walker”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Meshud
“worth remembering”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mesim
“innocent, pure, protected, preserved”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mesir
“purpose”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mesiridin
“purpose of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mesrur
“glad, delighted”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mestur
“one whose faults are covered”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mesud
“happy, fortunate”
From Arabic · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mesur
“poor, needy”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mesxut
“happy, fortunate”
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.