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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419 names · page 7 of 18

Eligchi er
“official”
Uyghur
3 syllablesDocumented
Elihaji
“the name Eli with the epithet Haji”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Elijan
“dear exalted one”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesEditorial
Elim
“all-knowing”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Eliniyaz
“the name Eli with the suffix niyaz”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elip atim
“hero, brave chieftain”
Uyghur
4 syllablesDocumented
Elipe
“tame, meek; friend”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Elipshah
“a king upright as an alif, devoted to God”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Eliqul
“servant of Ali”
From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Élisha
“Ali with the epithet Shah”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elishah
“the name Eli with the epithet Shah”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elishir
“Ali like a lion”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Eliyar
“friend of Ali”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Elkün
“people, tribe”
Uyghur
2 syllablesDocumented
Ellam
“most learned”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Ellame
“famous scholar”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elma'ide
“a blessed dining spread”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Elméhri
“lover of the people; love of the people”
From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Elmurad
“wish, aim; the wish of the people”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elnazi
“eye of the people; beauty of the people; sword-drawer”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elnazir
“eye of the people; eye”
From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elnigar
“who loves the people; friend of the people”
From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Elpaghut
“invincible hero”
From Turkic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Elper
“brave young man”
From Turkic · 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.