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Well, I can try.. as you can see, my name is aziza too, and i've read that it is originally a hebrew name, and it means "strong", but i've also read that it can mean "precious", but i think it has lots of different meanings in all languages

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Does her family *originally* come from Russia, or from a part of the former USSR? All of the former Soviet Republics in Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizstan, etc.) have predominantly Muslim population - maybe that's how she ended up with an Arabic name.

Hi PJCentral,

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I found three different meanings, but I'm sure that it's just one root for the three meanings because they are quite similar and do all come from the same "area":

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1) Arabic: "dear"
2) African (Swahili): "valuable"
3) Hebrew: "strong"

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Regards,
Satu