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.
- Published names
- 6733
- Scripts in our data
- Latin, Arabic script
- ISO 639-1
- ug
Browse Uyghur names
6,733 names · page 263 of 281
- “one who bestows warmth”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “a son has come into the world”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “servant of God”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “Muqbul with the epithet khoja”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “may God be with our son”From Persian · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “servant devoted to the master; one dedicated to the master”From Persian · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “light of the Lord (God)”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “Khoja with the epithet shah”From Persian · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “God gave a son; son given by God”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “granted by God, God-given”From Persian · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “God casting His gaze”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “servant of God; one who serves God”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “rank, grade”Uyghur3 syllablesDocumented
- “may God be with my son”From Persian · UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “may God be with my son”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “given by God”From Persian · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “my God gave a son”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “may God be with my son”UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “my God gave a son”UyghurBoy4 syllablesDocumented
- “my God gave a son”UyghurBoy2 syllablesDocumented
- “longing, one longed for, one remembered, keepsake, legacy”From Turkic · Uyghur, AzerbaijaniGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “longing, one remembered, keepsake, legacy; longed-for, remembered girl”From Turkic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “longing, one longed for, one remembered, keepsake, legacy”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who longs for the faith; keepsake of the faith”From Turkic and Arabic · UyghurBoy4 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.
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.

