Given name & surname
Aziz
“the all-powerful”
Aziz is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “the all-powerful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “the all-powerful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic عَزِيز (“dear”); its root is Arabic ع ز ز.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aziz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,849
- 1,849 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 95 babies
- 2025
- 75
- #2,008 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +46%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 75 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,008 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 45.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,313 as a first name in 2020; 8,888 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.
Aziz’s family of names
Aziz has a related form in Azeez. Aziz has a related form in Azize. Aziz has a related form in Azeaz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aziz
- Aziz SancarTurkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015born 1946
- Aziz NesinTurkish writer (1915–1995)
- Aziz AkhannouchPrime Minister of Morocco since 2021born 1961
- Aziz AnsariAmerican actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and directorborn 1983
- Aziz BehichAustralian soccer playerborn 1990
- Aziz NasirzadehIranian military officer (1964–2026)
- Al-Aziz UthmanAyyubid Sultan of Egypt 1171-1198
- Aziz BouhaddouzMoroccan footballerborn 1987
- ZyzzRussian-born Australian bodybuilder and Internet celebrity1989–2011
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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