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
324 names · page 5 of 14
- “flower of life”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Hajer with the epithet Gül”UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “one who is protected”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “(woman) like honey”UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “one who is protected”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of life”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of faith”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of the world, beauty of the world”From Persian · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “beautiful flower, beautiful woman, lovely girl; flower of beauty”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of our clan”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “beautiful flower, beautiful woman, lovely girl; flower of beauty”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl5 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of our society”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of Paradise”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “fine flower, the finest of flowers”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “woman like a red rose”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of happiness”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Mariye with the epithet Gül”From Persian and Hebrew · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “special girl”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of kindness; affectionate girl”From Persian · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of kindness; affectionate girl”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “flower of Makhtum (sealed, stamped)”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Muhammad with the epithet Gül”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “pomegranate flower, pomegranate blossom”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “girl like a pomegranate blossom”UyghurGirl4 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.

