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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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Molla'emet
“the name Ehmed with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mollaheyder
“the name Heyder with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollaji
“the name Haji with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mollakebir
“the name Kebir with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollakéwir
“the name Kebir with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollanighmet
“owner of blessings, possessor of blessings”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollanimet
“owner of blessings, possessor of blessings”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollaniyaz
“one dedicated to the master”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mollaniyazxan
“woman dedicated to the master”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Mollaq
“master, teacher, lord, nobleman; benefactor; a religious title”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mollashemshi
“the name Shemis with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollatoxti
“the name Toxti with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollaxénim
“the name Mewla with the epithet Xénim”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Mollazade
“descendant of a khoja; son of a mullah”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollek
“master, teacher, lord, nobleman; benefactor; a religious title”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Mollemet
“the name Ehmed with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mollexmet
“the name Ehmed with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Mollibaqi
“the name Baqi with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Mollinur
“the name Mewla with the epithet Nur”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Molliqiz
“the name Mewla with the epithet Qiz”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Mollitaji
“the name Taji with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Molliyar
“may the master be his companion”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Mollizat
“descendant of a khoja; son of a mullah”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Moltaji
“the name Taji with the epithet Mewla”
Uyghur
Boy3 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.