“support of the people, pillar of the state”
Uyghur
2 syllablesDocumented
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
229 names · page 4 of 10
- “gatherer of the scattered people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “prince of the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “Temür with the epithet 'people'”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “to regard, to pay attention”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who is a support for the state”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “reviver of the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who holds the state together”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who set the state in order”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “wise father of the people”Uyghur5 syllablesDocumented
- “friend of the people; friend of Ali; fortune as companion”From Turkic and Persian · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “illuminator of the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who illuminates state and nation”Uyghur4 syllablesDocumented
- “Elijah (name of the prophet)”From Arabic (from Greek and Hebrew) · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Tatar, BashkirBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “one who gathered the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “prince who gathered the people”Uyghur5 syllablesDocumented
- “my Tengri (shah) who gathered the people”Uyghur5 syllablesDocumented
- “son of the people”From Turkic and Persian · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “wealthy”From Turkic and Persian · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “pillar”From Arabic · Uyghur, AzerbaijaniBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “pillar of the faith”From Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “pillar of the kingdom”From Arabic · UyghurBoy5 syllablesDocumented
- “leader of the faith”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who stands in front, leader, guide”From Arabic · Turkish, UyghurBoy2 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.