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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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Bori
“wolf (animal name)”
From Proto-Turkic · Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Boʻron
“snowstorm, blizzard”
From Turkic · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Bota
“camel calf”
From Turkic · Kazakh, Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Botakoz
“eyes like a young camel”
From Turkic · Kazakh, Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Botir
“brave, hero”
From Turkic and Mongolic · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Bozor
“market, bazaar”
From Persian · Uzbek
Unisex2 syllablesDocumented
Bozorboy
“rich as the market”
From Persian and Turkic · Uzbek
Boy3 syllablesEditorial
Bunyod
“foundation”
From Persian · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented
Burhon
“proof”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Burhoniddin
“proof of the faith”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Boy4 syllablesEditorial
Büyük
“big, great, lofty”
Uyghur, Uzbek
1 syllableDocumented
Cengiz
“mighty, universal ruler”
From Middle Mongol · Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Charos
“dark grape variety”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesEditorial
Chingiz
“mighty, universal ruler”
From Mongolic · Uzbek, Tatar
Boy2 syllablesEditorial
Davlat
“wealth, fortune, state”
From Arabic · Uzbek
Boy2 syllablesDocumented

Dilafroʻz
“one who delights the heart”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesDocumented
Dilafruz
“heart-brightening”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Dilbar
“charming, beloved”
From Persian · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Dildor
“beloved, sweetheart”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl2 syllablesDocumented
Dildora
“holder of hearts, beloved”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Dilfuza
“heart-gladdening”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Dilmurod
“heart's desire”
From Persian and Arabic · Uzbek
Boy3 syllablesEditorial
Dilnavoz
“heart-caressing”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 syllablesEditorial
Dilnoza
“tender, graceful heart”
From Persian · Uzbek
Girl3 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.