Aziz
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| Pronunciation | /aɪziz/ AE-zeez |
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| Gender | male |
| Language | Assyrian (Aramaic; Akkadian), Arabic, Armenian, Balochi, Bengali, Chechen, Dari, Gujarati, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Zazaki |
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| Origin | |
| Language | Semitic |
| Meaning | 'reputable, powerful, sublime' |
| Region of origin | Middle East |
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| Related names | Azizos |
Aziz (Arabic: عزيز, romanized: ʿAzīz; Hebrew: עָזִז, romanized: ʿAzīz; Akkadian: 𒀀𒍣𒍪, romanized: ʿEzīzū) is a Semitic name from the root two-zayin.[1] In the Hebrew Bible, the root two-zayin (ז-ז) means 'reputable, powerful, sublime'.[2] In the 1 Chronicles, Aziz was the son of Shema and the father of Bela.[3] Azizus (Latinised), attested as an Arabian king who ruled Sampsigeramids of the Roman Empire.[4]
In ancient Levantine mythology, Azizos is a god of the morning star of Aramaic and Arab origin from Palmyra.[5] The Arabian goddess Al-Uzza, related to the planet Venus, is named from the same root.[6] Al-ʿAzīz is one of the names of God in Islam.[7] ʿAzīz without al- is used as a royal title borne by the high nobles of Ancient Egypt.[8]
It is used in existing Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew, neo-Aramaic, Mandaic, Maltese) and has also spread to non-Semitic language families like Berber languages, Caucasus languages, Iranian languages, and Turkic languages. Aziz is a common masculine given name, especially in the Muslim world, but it has also continued to be used by non-Muslim peoples in the Middle East, like Jews, Assyrians, Armenians, etc.
Given name
[edit | edit source]Azeez
[edit | edit source]- Azeez Abu (born 1994), Nigerian beach soccer player
- Azeez Al-Shaair (born 1997), American football player
- Azeez Ojulari (born 2000), American football player
- Azeez Shobowale Shobola (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
Aziz
[edit | edit source]- Aziz Ansari (born 1983), Indian-American comedian and actor
- Aziz Atakhodjaev (born 1986), Uzbekistani para-cyclist
- Aziz Azion (born 1984), Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter
- Aziz Behich (born 1990), Australian footballer
- Aziz Gardi (1947–2022), Iraqi Kurdish writer, translator, and academic
- Aziz Ibrahim (born 1964), British guitarist
- Aziz Mian (1942–2000), Pakistani singer
- Aziz Nesin (1915–1995), Turkish humorist and author
- Aziz Sancar (born 1946), Turkish scientist, Nobel laureate
- Aziz Shavershian (1989–2011), Russian-Australian bodybuilder, of Kurdish descent
- Aziz Yıldırım (born 1952), Turkish businessman
Surname
[edit | edit source]Azeez
[edit | edit source]- A. M. A. Azeez (1911–1973), Ceylonese civil servant, educator, social worker
- Ade Azeez (born 1994), English footballer
- Dan Azeez (born 1989), British boxer
- Fatima Azeez (born 1992), Nigerian badminton player
- K. P. A. C. Azeez (1934–2003), Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema
- Ramon Azeez (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
- Shabana Azeez (born c. 1996), Australian actress
Aziz
[edit | edit source]- Aaron Aziz (born 1976), Singaporean actor
- Aly Abdel Aziz (born 1947), Egyptian squash player
- Arif Aziz (born 1943), Azerbaijan artist and educator
- Asif Aziz (b. 1967), Malawi-born London landlord
- Douglas Aziz (born 1942), Assyrian Iraqi footballer
- Fatima Aziz (1973–2021), Afghan physician and politician
- Gamal Aziz, aka Gamal Mohammed he Abdelaziz, Egyptian-American businessman
- Iqra Aziz (born 1997), Pakistani actress
- Kamran Aziz (1922–2017), Cypriot musician, composer and pharmacist
- Lisa Aziz (born 1962), British TV presenter and journalism
- Michael Aziz, American engineer
- Mohamad Aziz, Malaysian politician
- Mohammad Aziz, Indian playback singer
- Omar Aziz (born 1958), Brazilian politician
- Philip Aziz (1923–2009), Canadian artist of Lebanese ancestry
- Riza Aziz, Malaysian producer
- Sartaj Aziz (1929–2024), Pakistani economist and strategist
- Sassi Aziz, Algerian politician
- Shaukat Aziz (born 1949), Pakistani Prime Minister
- Tariq Aziz (born Mikhail Yuhanna) (1936–2015), ethnic Assyrian former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
- Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1938) (born 1938), Pakistani field hockey player
- Tariq Aziz (TV personality) (1936–2020), Pakistani TV personality
- Tipu Aziz (1956–2024), neurosurgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital
See also
[edit | edit source]- Azis (disambiguation)
- Aziza (disambiguation) (equivalent feminine name)
- Azizam
- Abdul Aziz, Arabic theophoric name
- Azziz (disambiguation)
- Azizah
- Kfar Aziz
References
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 1 Chronicles 5:8
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Distant WL (1909) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(3): 317-345.
- ^ Quran 3:6
- ^ Quran 4:158, 9:40
