Given name & surname · also African
Aza
“one who provides comfort”·“powerful”
Aza is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who provides comfort” and “powerful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who provides comfort” and “powerful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Arabic and African naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 623
- 115 boys · 508 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #5,057 for boys · #6,358 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,057 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 18 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 684 as a first name in 2020; 300 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aza’s family of names
Aza has a related form in Azia. Aza has a related form in Aiza. Aza has a related form in Aizha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aza
- Aza RaskinAmerican computer programmerborn 1984
- Aza RakhmanovaAIDS and Hepatitis expert1932–2015
- Aza Takho-GodiSoviet and Russian philologist1922–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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