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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
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- “the name Xeyder with the epithet Mir”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “sun of the faith”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “affectionate girl”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “my son, my bey”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “affectionate, kind woman”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “with a heart warm as light, affectionate as light”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “man who has reached perfection”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “man who has reached perfection”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “perfect woman”From Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Mexdum with the epithet Mir”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Muhammad with the epithet Mir”From Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Musa with the epithet Mir”From Arabic and Hebrew · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Nepiq with the epithet Mir”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Nezer with the epithet Mir”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “virtuous, learned man”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “capable man”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “strong man, victorious man”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Qedem with the epithet Mir”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “compassionate man”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “dignified man”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “dignified man”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “dignified man”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “dignified man”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “healthy man”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 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.

