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 131 of 281

Menur
“the name Menglik with the epithet Nur”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Menwer
“radiant, source of light, lamp, skylight”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Menzer
“appearance, picture, scenery, form”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Menzire
“general view, panorama”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Menzirixan
“general view, panorama”
Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Menzur
“worthy of regard, worth seeing, suitable, acceptable”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Menzure
“worthy of regard, worth seeing, suitable, acceptable”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Mepiz
“one whose life is preserved, protected”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meptun
“one captivated by God”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meptune
“one captivated by God”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Meqbul
“one whose request is granted”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meqdir
“ability, strength”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meqdire
“capable”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Meqdur
“capable”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meqiz
“worshipper; bitter”
Uyghur
Girl2 syllablesDocumented

Meqqari
“the name Muhammad with the epithet Qari”
Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Meqreb
“shortcut, nearby place”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meqrube
“near; close relationship”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Meqsud
“cherished in the heart, desired, intended, wished for”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Meqsude
“cherished in the heart, desired, intended, wished for”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Meqsudi'ay
“desired girl”
From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Meqsudnisa
“the desired woman”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Meqsut
“aim, purpose”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Merbiye
“girl of medium height”
Uyghur
Girl2 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.