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

Browse Uyghur names

397 names · page 2 of 17

Ghelibinur
“Ghelibe with the epithet nur”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Ghemgusar
“consoler, one who dispels sorrow”
From Persian · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ghemgüzar
“consoler, one who dispels sorrow”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ghemxuar
“one who cares for others”
From Persian · Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Ghenem
“sheep”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Gheni
“rich, wealthy”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ghenidin
“the rich one of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghenimet
“spoils of war”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghenimetshah
“what the Shah (God) has given”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Ghenimexdum
“Gheni with the epithet mexdum”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Gheniyulla
“God's rich one”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghenizad
“son of a rich man”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghénizat
“son of a rich man”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghepur
“forgiver, one who pardons”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Gherib
“a stranger who has come from elsewhere”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Gheribe
“a stranger who has come from elsewhere”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ghérip
“a stranger who has come from elsewhere”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ghews
“deep; protector, helper”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Ghewsidin
“protector of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghewsulla
“God's protector”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghewz
“deep; protector, helper”
Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Ghewzidin
“protector of the faith”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Ghewzulla
“God's protector”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Gheynur
“light of hope”
Uyghur
Girl2 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.