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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.
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

101 names · page 1 of 5

  • Yabaqu

    “name of a tribe”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yabghu

    “name of a title”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yachanqir

    “bashful, modest”
    Uyghur
    3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yadigar

    “keepsake, memento, souvenir, dedication, gift”
    Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yadikar

    “keepsake, memento”
    From Persian · Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaghma

    “name of one of the Turkic tribes”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yakup

    “Jacob (the prophet's name)”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Turkmen, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yalin

    “flame”
    Turkish, Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yalqun

    “flame of fire”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yandaq

    “camelthorn”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yangan

    “elephant (animal name)”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yangan temür

    “Yangan with the epithet 'iron'”
    Uyghur
    4 syllablesDocumented

  • Yantaq

    “name of a wild plant”
    From Turkic · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaqub

    “later-born (second baby); male of a bird; servant of God”
    From Hebrew · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaqud

    “ruby (a mineral)”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaqup

    “one who follows, heel-holder”
    From Hebrew · Uyghur
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Yaqupjan

    “later-born (second baby); male of a bird; servant of God”
    Uyghur
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaqut

    “a kind of precious stone”
    From Persian · Uyghur, Azerbaijani
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaqutgül

    “a kind of precious stone”
    Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaqutxan

    “a kind of precious stone”
    Uyghur
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  • Yar

    “friend, companion; God”
    From Persian · Uyghur
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  • Yaragh

    “weapon”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaran

    “friends, companions; friend”
    Uyghur
    2 syllablesDocumented

  • Yaratmish

    “one who created”
    Uyghur
    3 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

  1. Wikipedia contributors. Turkic languages. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1377797900. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. Wikipedia contributors. Uyghur alphabets. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1372619492. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.