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: 6665
Scripts in our data: Latin, Arabic script
ISO 639-1: ug

Browse Uyghur names

414 names · page 1 of 18

Əbdürrəhim
“servant of the Merciful God”
From Arabic · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebed
“eternal, everlasting; infinite”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ebey
“little slave, little servant”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ebeydul
“the humblest servant of God”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ebeydulla
“the humblest servant of God”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebeyla
“the humblest servant of God”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ebeylem
“the humblest servant of God”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ebil
“the humblest servant of God”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ebir
“one who crosses a river; fragrant; precious”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ebire
“one who crosses a river; fragrant; precious”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ebraz
“father of Razi”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ebri'e
“sinless, pure”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Ebrihe
“sinless, pure”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ebrixe
“sinless, pure”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ebu
“father, owner”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Ebubedri
“father of Bedri”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebubekri
“father of Bekri”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebubesir
“father of Besir”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebughali
“father of Ghali”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebujamal
“father of Jamal”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebul
“father of Qasim”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ebulabbas
“father of Abbas”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebulata
“father of Ata”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ebulbereke
“father of Bereke”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy5 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
3107
Persian
975
Turkic
867
Hebrew
42
European
11
Azerbaijani
5
Uyghur
5

Counted from 6665 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.