Behind the Name: Uzbek Names

ALISHERmUzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Combination of ALI (1) and SHER.

AZIZmArabic, Persian, Urdu, Uzbek
Means "powerful, respected, beloved", derived from Arabic عزّ ('azza) meaning "to be powerful" or "to be cherished". In Islamic tradition العزيز (al-'Aziz) is one of the 99 names of Allah. A notable bearer of the name was Al-'Aziz, a 10th-century Fatimid caliph.

DURDONAfUzbek
Means "pearl" in Uzbek.

FARRUKHmUrdu, Uzbek, Tajik
Urdu, Uzbek and Tajik form of FARUQ.

FERUZAfUzbek
Uzbek form of FIRUZEH.

FIRUZAfTajik, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani, Tajik, Uzbek and Azerbaijani form of FIRUZEH.

GULNORAfUzbek
Uzbek form of GOLNAR.

ISLOMmUzbek
Uzbek form of ISLAM.

MAKHMUDmUzbek, Kazakh, Chechen
Uzbek, Kazakh and Chechen form of MAHMUD.

RUSLANmRussian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian
Form of YERUSLAN used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem 'Ruslan and Ludmila' (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

RUSTAMmKazakh, Uzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani
Kazakh, Uzbek, Tajik and Azerbaijani form of ROSTAM.

SHAHNOZAfUzbek
Uzbek form of SHAHNAZ.

SITORAfTajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of SITARA.

TIMURmTatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian, History
From the Turkic name Temür meaning "iron". Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Timur e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), was a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of Western Asia.

UMIDmUzbek
Means "hope" in Uzbek, ultimately from Persian امید (omid).

UMIDAfUzbek
Feminine form of UMID.

YULDUZfUzbek
Means "star" in Uzbek.

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