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 279 of 281
- “name of the Hajj month, meaning "with the Hajj"”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “name of the Hajj month, meaning "with the Hajj"”UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “wise, possessor of wisdom”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who attains life, possessor of life, life's companion”From Arabic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “Zulhey with the added element nisa”From Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “one who desires and loves the possessor of life”From Arabic and Persian · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “name of the Hajj month, meaning "with the Hajj"”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “the newly risen moon”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “honourable, possessor of honour”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “radiant, possessor of light”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “generous, noble, hospitable, honourable, respected”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “generous, noble, hospitable, honourable, respected”From Arabic · UyghurGirl4 syllablesDocumented
- “one who possesses surety”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “one who has a home, owner of a dwelling”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “joyful, one who rejoices, accompanied by happiness”UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “joyful, one who rejoices, accompanied by happiness”From Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “hair; having hair”From Persian · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “girl with hair”From Persian and Turkic · UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “one who has a lamp, whose path is bright”From Arabic and European · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “girl with hair”From Persian and Arabic · UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “double-edged sword”From Arabic · UyghurBoy3 syllablesDocumented
- “hair; having hair”UyghurGirl3 syllablesDocumented
- “hair; having hair”UyghurGirl2 syllablesDocumented
- “master of sciences, learned, scholar, skilled in a craft”UyghurGirl3 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.

