Given name & surname
Aziza
“one who is beloved and precious”
Aziza is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is beloved and precious.”
Original Hebrewעזיזא
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is beloved and precious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'azaz (עזז), “to be strong.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Aziza appears in Malachi 2:16.
From biblical name research
Aziza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,991
- 0 boys · 1,991 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 73
- #2,443 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 73 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,443 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,249 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aziza’s family of names
Aziza has a related form in Azizah. Aziza has a related form in Azizi. Aziza has a related form in Azize.
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 24
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Ezrashares a root
- Azielshares a root
- Oziasshares a root
- Ezrahshares a root
- Boazshares a root
- Uzziahshares a root
- Azazelshares a root
- Uzzielshares a root
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People named Aziza
- Aziza Mustafa ZadehAzerbaijani singer, pianist, and composerborn 1969
- Aziza SiddiquiAfghan activistborn 1983
- Aziza AmirEgyptian actress, producer, and script writer1901–1952
- Aziza JalalMoroccan singerborn 1958
- Aziza BrahimSahrawi singerborn 1976
- Aziza al-YousefSaudi human rights activistborn 1950
- Aziza SbaityLebanese-Liberian sprinterborn 1991
- Aziza BennaniMoroccan academic and politicianborn 1943
- Aziza JafarzadeAzerbaijani writer1921–2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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