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 67 of 281

Ewwel
“first, the first one”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ewwelnisa
“first, the first one”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Ewwelxan
“first, the first one”
From Arabic and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ewzel
“extremely good”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ewzelqiz
“extremely good girl”
Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Ewzul
“God's eternity; to implore God”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Ewzulla
“God's eternity; to implore God”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Exet
“one, alone, single, unique”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Exlet
“a protective name against the evil eye”
From Turkic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Exmer
“red, the colour red”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Exmise
“(born on) Thursday”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Exmitulla
“God's greatest praiser”
Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Extem
“one, unique; last child, youngest son; pet form of Ehed”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Exter
“star”
From Persian · Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Extergül
“girl like a star”
From Persian · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented

Exteridin
“star of the faith”
From Persian and Arabic · Uyghur
Boy4 syllablesDocumented
Externisa
“star among women”
From Persian and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl4 syllablesDocumented
Exterqiz
“girl like a star”
From Persian and Turkic · Uyghur
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Eybu
“patient”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Éyd
“recurring day”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy1 syllableDocumented
Eynel
“light of victory, symbol of victory”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Eyner
“light of victory, symbol of victory”
Uyghur
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Eynidin
“clear-sighted person of the faith”
From Arabic · Uyghur
Boy3 syllablesDocumented
Eynisem
“moon among women, girl beautiful as the moon”
Uyghur
Girl3 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.