Given name & surname · also Turkish

Amza

“lion”

Amza is a masculine given name from Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Romanian.

Original Arabicحمزة

Meaning & origin

What it means

Amza goes back to Arabic حمزة, meaning “lion.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Amza comes from Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Romanian usage, Amza developed from Hamza. In Romanian usage, Amza developed from حمزة.

Amza’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Amza developed from the Turkish form Hamza. In Greek usage, Amza as a surname is a transliteration of Αμζά. In Romanian usage, Amza developed from the Arabic form حمزة.

Walk Amza’s family in the name graph

AmzaΑμζάHamzaحمزة

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Amza

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Sibling ideas

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