Aza (given name)

Aza is a given name in several parts of the world. In English, the usual pronunciation is (ah-zah). The name is a modern form of the Persian name Reza. It is also an Arabic name meaning “one who provides comfort”.

Given name

• Aza of Mannea, king, reigned c. 710–700 BC
• Aza Gazgireyeva (1954–2009), Ingush supreme court justice
• Aza Habalova (born 1958), South Ossetian politician
• Aza Petrović (born 1959), Croatian basketball coach
• Aza Rakhmanova (1932–2015), Russian AIDS and hepatitis expert
• Aza Raskin (born 1984), American writer, entrepreneur, inventor
• Aza Takho-Godi (1922–2025), Russian philologist

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