Riza

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lisa in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 15 more, Liza in BD Bangladesh, PH Philippines, FI Finland and 2 more, Лиза in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Ლიზა in GE Georgia.

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 7 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◐

Riza is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name63K records spelled Riza7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Türkiye, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Riza, Riza', Ríżå, Rîzā, Riz̤ā

• Spanish given name44K records spelled Riza21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, United States, Türkiye

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Rîza, Rízā, Rīzā, Rïzā, Rīzã

• English given name21K records spelled Riza11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Australia, Türkiye

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Riz̤ā, Riźa, Rîzã, Ŗizã, Rïzå

• Albanian given name8.8K records spelled Riza5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Philippines, Türkiye, Kosovo

  Also written Rízá, Rizå, Rîžā, Rìźà

• Russian given name4.4K records spelled Riza20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

  Also written Риза, Різа, Рыза, Рйза, Riža

• Arabic given name3.9K records spelled Riza29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan

  Also written Rïzä, Rïzā, Rizâ, Rïzå, Rįzä

• Croatian given name1.3K records spelled Riza12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kosovo, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Риза, Riža, Рижа, Rižã

50 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●

Riza 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, contented

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, Indian Sufi scholar and author of the 12-volume Fatwa-i-Rizvia’”

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In lad, laugh (laughter)

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

• In Serbo-Croatian, cassock

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

• In sla-pro, clothe

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

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) — 138 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ali Rıza Efendib. 1839GRnot in their usual nameFather of founder of Turkey (1839–1888)
• Hoca Ali Rızab. 1858TRnot in their usual nameTurkish painter (1858–1930)
• Rıza Nurb. 1879TRnot in their usual nameTurkish surgeon, statesperson and writer (1879–1942)
• Riza Lushtab. 1916ALYugoslavian footballer (1916–1997)
• Riza Azizb. 1953MYMalaysian film producer
• Rıza Çalımbayb. 1963TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player and manager (born 1963)
• Sergen Yalçınb. 1972TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player and manager (born 1972)
• Rıza Kocaoğlub. 1979TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (born 1979)
• Rıza Kayaalpb. 1989TRnot in their usual nameTurkish wrestler (born 1989)
• Riza Durmisib. 1994DKDanish footballer

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 · 298 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Riza?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Riza (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Riza have the most bearers?

We estimate about 864 thousand people bear Riza in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lisa.

Where is Riza most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Riza is densest in Finland — about 1 in 94 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Riza compared with other names?

In the United States, Riza is the 32nd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Riza a male or female name?

Riza is a female 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 Riza mean?

Recorded meaning: feminine singular of rizo