Aziz

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Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik
Scripts عزيز(Arabic) عزیز(Persian, Urdu) Азиз(Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik)
Pronounced Pron. /ʕa.ˈziːz/(Arabic) /ʔæ.ˈziːz/(Persian) /a.ˈziːz/(Turkish) /ə.ˈziːz/(Urdu) /ʔa.ˈziz/(Tajik Persian)
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as AZİZ in uppercase and aziz in lowercase.

Meaning & History

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