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.
- Published names
- 6733
- Scripts in our data
- Latin, Arabic script
- ISO 639-1
- ug
Browse Uyghur names
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- “virtuous, distinguished”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “virtue, good character”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “virtuous, distinguished”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “grace (virtue) of the faith”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “God's grace (power)”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “redemption, ransoming”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “self-sacrificing girl”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “self-sacrificing one”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who devotes himself to God's way”From Arabic and Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “self-sacrificing one”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “thought, idea, notion”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “thoughtful, imaginative”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “thoughtful, rich in reflection”From Arabic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “lamp, torch”Turkish, UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “sinless, pure person of the faith”UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “the finest garden”From Arabic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Ehmed with the epithet Pir”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one devoted to the beg (lord)”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “pearls”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “our spiritual guide, our master”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “servant of my pir, one bestowed upon my pir”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “the name Muhammad with the epithet Pir”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “one on whom the pir's gaze has fallen”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “victorious; flourishing”From Persian · 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.

