Aziz

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Азиз in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UZ Uzbekistan and 3 more and Азіз in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aziz is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name486K records spelled Aziz82 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Bangladesh

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Assamese

  Also written Ajij, Aajij, আজিজ, Azizu, Ajeej

• Indonesian given name433K records spelled Aziz15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Aziz', 'Aziz, Ażiż, A'Ziz, Åziz

• English given name406K records spelled Aziz84 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Germany, Morocco

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written A'Ziz, Àziz, Âziz, Âzïz, Ãzïz

• a separate given name117K records spelled Aziz9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Morocco

  Also written Âziz, 'Aziz, 'Azîz, Azíz, Ăziz

• French given name107K records spelled Aziz83 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Morocco, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Àziz, Äzîz, Ãzîz, A'Ziz, Âzïz

• Spanish given name52K records spelled Aziz24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Âzïz, Àziz, Âziz, Åzïz, Þiź

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aziz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, mighty, strong, illustrious, highly esteemed, dearly loved, beloved. Al-Aziz +.:21!, the All-mighty: one of the names of Allah (surat al-Bagarah 2:228)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, mighty, strong, highly esteemed, dearly loved; one of the names of Allah

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Turkish, dear

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, 1. Ermiş, eren. 2. Sevgide üstün tutulan.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• blue; Lisboa, Santarém, Tomar, Portugal, Algiers, Ancona, Buenos Aires

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 137 years between 1874–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Al-Aziz Uthmanb. 1171EGAyyubid Sultan of Egypt 1171-1198
• Aziz Nesinb. 1915TRTurkish writer (1915–1995)
• Aziz Sancarb. 1946TRTurkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
• Aziz Duwaikb. 1947PSSpeaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
• Aziz Akhannouchb. 1961MAPrime Minister of Morocco since 2021
• Aziz Nasirzadehb. 1964IRIranian military officer (1964–2026)
• Aziz Ansarib. 1983USAmerican actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director
• Aziz Bouhaddouzb. 1987MAMoroccan footballer
• Aziz Behichb. 1990AUAustralian soccer player
• Leroy Sanéb. 1996DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 643 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aziz?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Aziz (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Aziz have the most bearers?

Aziz is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled aziz.

How common is Aziz compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Aziz is the 55th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Aziz a male or female name?

Aziz is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aziz mean?

Recorded meaning: A Muslim name, from the Arabic male personal name 'Abd al-'Aziz 'servant of the mighty' or 'servant of the beloved'.