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

58 names · page 1 of 3

Wahab
“very generous”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wahib
“generous, self-devoting”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wahid
“one, single, alone”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wahide
“one, single, alone”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Wahit
“one, unique”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Wa'id
“hopeful, promising”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Wa'ile
“one who finds refuge”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Wa'iz
“preacher, admonisher”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Wajid
“creator, inventor, one who brings into being; capable”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wajide
“creator, inventor, one who brings into being; capable”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Wali
“administrator, provincial governor; owner of all”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wapa
“friendship, loyalty; faithful”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wapabeg
“faithful, loyal man”
From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Wapagül
“faithful girl”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Wapir
“abundant, countless”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Waqi
“protector, guardian”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Waqqas
“short-necked”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Waris
“heir, inheritor”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Warisjan
“heir, inheritor”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Wasil
“one who attains, one who reaches a goal or destination”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wasiq
“trustworthy; one who trusts”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Wasit
“one who spreads blessings widely”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Waxap
“very generous”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Waxiz
“preacher, admonisher”
Uyghur
Boy2 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.