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

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Meynem
“warmth of the faith”
Uyghur
Unisex2 syllablesDocumented
Meynidin
“warmth of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Meynulla
“God's warmth”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Meysur
“flourishing, prosperous”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meytulla
“God's helper”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mezemzat
“of high lineage, of noble essence”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mezid
“increase, abundance, surplus”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mezilla
“God's person who brings peace of mind”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mezrip
“the blade of a sabre or sword”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mezum
“guest”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mezur
“excused, pardoned, indulged”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mezzi
“sweet, tasty, delicious”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mijit
“servant of the great God”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Miman
“the house's light, blessing and flower”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mimanjan
“the house's light, blessing and flower”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented

Mimansha
“guest of the Shah (God); Méhman with the epithet Shah”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Minam
“abundant blessings”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mir
“bey, emir, master, man”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Mirabid
“the name Abid with the epithet Mir”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mirabidin
“the name Abidin with the epithet Mir”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Miradil
“the name Adil with the epithet Mir”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Miraj
“ladder of ascent; to ascend vertically”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Unisex2 syllablesDocumented
Miraji
“the name Haji with the epithet Mir”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Miral
“the name Ali with the epithet Mir”
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.