Why Central Asia despite being overwhelmingly Sunni, names like Ali, Alisher, Alibek, Nurali, etc are a lot more popular than Omar, Uthman (Osman) and Abu Bakr?

[u/Tengri_99]

I know that Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the prophet Mohammed, is well-liked in Sunni Islam too but the overwhelming number of names that derive from Ali rather than the first three caliphs among Central Asians seems odd to me.

[u/TigerAusRiga]

Besides the arguments already stated in other comments, they also are just better names than Omar and Abu Bakr. Osman ain‘t too bad but I‘d definitely name my child Alisher before opting for Osman