Language guide

Uzbek Names: Meanings, Origins & Traditions

Uzbek names are listed here in the Uzbek Latin alphabet, reintroduced officially in 1993, and in Cyrillic where a source records that form. Uzbek and Uyghur are both Karluk languages, and many names have related forms in the two languages, but this site only links them when a source does. Arabic and Persian names are frequent, and Uzbek spellings often show their own vowels, for example Oybek beside Kazakh and Kyrgyz Айбек (Aybek).

Oʻzbekcha

Karluk branch of the Turkic language family

Published names: 763
Scripts in our data: Latin, Cyrillic
ISO 639-1: uz

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Gulnoza
“graceful flower”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gʻulom
“servant, youth”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Gulpari
“flower fairy”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gulruh
“flower-cheeked”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gülrux
“flower of joy, of life; giver of spirit and life”
Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gulsanam
“flower-like beloved”
From Persian and Arabic · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gulshan
“flower garden”
From Persian · Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gulshoda
“happy flower”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gulsifat
“flower-like”
From Persian and Arabic · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Gulyuz
“flower-faced”
From Persian and Turkic · Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Gulzor
“flower garden”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Gʻuncha
“flower bud”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Habib
“beloved, dear friend”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Habiba
“beloved”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Habibulla
“beloved of God”
From Arabic · Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir
Boy4 syllablesEditorial

Hafsa
“young lioness”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Hakim
“ruler”
From Arabic · Uyghur, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hakima
“wise woman”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Halim
“gentle, forbearing”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Halima
“gentle, patient”
From Arabic · Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Hamdam
“companion, intimate friend”
From Persian · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hamid
“one who praises, eulogist, one who gives thanks”
From Arabic · Uyghur, Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Hamida
“praiseworthy”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Hamza
“strong, steadfast”
From Arabic · Turkish, Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesEditorial

How Uzbek names are written

Uzbekistan reintroduced a Latin alphabet in 1993, alongside the Cyrillic alphabet used since 1940, and both remain in everyday use. Letters with apostrophe-like marks, oʻ and gʻ, are part of the spelling. Uzbeks in Afghanistan and some in China write in Arabic-based scripts.

Where Uzbek names come from

A name used in Uzbek is not automatically Uzbek in origin. Here is how the documented origins of the Uzbek names published so far break down (a name with elements from two languages counts under both):

Arabic
498
Persian
204
Turkic
98
Hebrew
24
Uzbek
7
Greek
5
Mongolic
4

Counted from 763 published entries. Each name page explains its own etymology with sources.

Uzbek names by meaning

Uzbek belongs to the Karluk branch of the Turkic languages, together with Uyghur. 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. Uzbek alphabet. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1382057190. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.