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

6,733 names · page 35 of 281

Bəhram
“name of an ancient Iranian shah”
From Persian · Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Behrem
“my benefit, my gain”
From Persian and Turkic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Behremniyaz
“the name Behrem with the suffix niyaz”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Behri
“benefit, gain; sea (in Arabic)”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Behridin
“benefit of the faith”
From Persian and Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Behrigül
“beneficial girl”
From Persian · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Behrimen
“Iranian deity; a plant; eleventh solar month; good notion”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Behrinisa
“beneficial girl”
From Persian and Arabic · Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Behriqiz
“beneficial girl”
From Persian and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Bəhruz
“fortunate”
From Persian · Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Behzad
“capable son”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Be'is
“hero, brave, steadfast”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Be'isgül
“brave, steadfast woman”
From Arabic and Persian · Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Be'isxan
“brave, steadfast woman”
From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Beki
“firm, healthy, solid”
Uyghur
2 syllablesDocumented

Bekri
“firstborn child; camel calf”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bekridin
“firstborn descendant of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Bekrish
“firm, strong”
Uyghur
2 syllablesDocumented
Bektur
“stand, stand firm”
From Turkic · Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Béliqiz
“name of the prophet Sulayman's wife”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Bende'eli
“servant of Ali”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Bendeli
“servant of Ali”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Benul
“son of God, a son created by God”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Benulla
“son of God, a son created by God”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 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.