“trusty pillar of the people”
Uyghur
5 syllablesDocumented
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 103 of 281
- “king like the letter alif, devoted to God”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “founded the state, governed the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “prince who founded the state”Uyghur5 syllablesDocumented
- “knowledge of religion”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “lover of the people; love of the people”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “aim, wish; the wish of the people”UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who loves the people; friend of the people”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “light of the homeland”From Turkic and Arabic · Uyghur, Tatar, BashkirGirl2 syllablesEditorial
- “teacher of the people”Uyghur4 syllablesDocumented
- “Qatmish with the epithet 'people'”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who made the people happy”Uyghur4 syllablesDocumented
- “joy of the homeland”From Turkic and Persian · Uyghur, Tatar, BashkirBoy2 syllablesEditorial
- “devoted to the people; patriot”Uyghur2 syllablesDocumented
- “support of the people, pillar of the state”Uyghur2 syllablesDocumented
- “gatherer of the scattered people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “prince of the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “Temür with the epithet 'people'”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “to regard, to pay attention”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who is a support for the state”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “reviver of the people”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who holds the state together”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who set the state in order”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “wise father of the people”Uyghur5 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.
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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.