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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
Browse Uyghur names
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- “one dedicated to the master”UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “woman dedicated to the master”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “esteemed, worthy of respect, reputable”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “helper of the faith”UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “God's helper”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “even, equal, of the same rank”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “one who benefits the faith”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “beneficial; useful”From Arabic · UyghurBoy1 syllableDocumented
- “blessed, fortunate”From Arabic · Turkish, UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Mubarek with the epithet Shah”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “fighter, wrestler”From Arabic · Uyghur, AzerbaijaniBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “the beginning of all”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “one who receives good tidings”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “bringer of good tidings”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “clear, evident, manifest”From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, AzerbaijaniBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “beginner, initiator, novice”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who is smiling”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “creditor, lender”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “one who covers, conceals, protects”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “name of a kind of flower”From Turkic and Persian · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “a flower name with "jan" added”From Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who covers, conceals, protects”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “female leader”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “courteous, well brought up”From Arabic · 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.

