Urooj

Urooj () is a Persian and Turkish unisex name meaning "rising, mounting, exaltation, ascension".

Other language variants

• Arrudye (Spanish)

People

Given name

• Aroj Ali Matubbar (1900–1985), Bangladeshi philosopher, humanist and rationalist
• Arooj Aftab (born 1985), Pakistani singer
• Arooj Shah (born 1978), British politician
• Oruç Aruoba (1948–2020), Turkish writer, poet, and philosopher
• Oruç Bey, Ottoman historian
• Oruç Güvenç (1948–2017), Turkish Sufi master
• Oruç Reis (1474–1518), a Barbary pirate
• Urooj Arshad (born 1975), American activist
• Urooj Ashfaq (born 1995), Indian comedian, writer, and actor
• Urooj Mumtaz (born 1985), Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer

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