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
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- “the name Sherip with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Siddiq with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Toxti with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Turdi with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Turghun with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Tursun with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “God's most praised one”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Weli with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Xelil with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Yaqub with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic and Hebrew · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “one to whom Muhammad is a friend”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Yüsüp with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic and Hebrew · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Zerip with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Zunun with the epithet Muhammad”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “praised, praiseworthy”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesEditorial
- “dear praised one”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurBoy4 syllablesEditorial
- “ever praised; one for whom praises are recited”From Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “well-proportioned, beautiful”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “protected; forbidden, prohibited; born in the month of Muharram”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who stands ready”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “lover, devotee, friend”From Arabic · Uyghur, UzbekBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “loving one”From Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “lover, devotee, friend”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “friend of Ali”From Arabic · UyghurBoy4 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.

