Aziz
An Arabic and Turkish name meaning "powerful" and held in high regard. In Poland it stays rare: only around 340 men carry it, all of them male, and it's fading further from use.
Aziz Pronunciation
Aziz is pronounced AH-zhees (/ˈaʑis/).
What Aziz means
Where Aziz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aziz comes from Arabic, and its root binds two ideas that rarely sit together: power and affection. The same root gives Al-Aziz, one of the ninety-nine names of God in Islamic tradition, usually rendered as the Mighty or the Almighty. So the word for strength doubled as a word for the cherished. Its short meaning keeps both halves: powerful and beloved.
The name traveled with the Arabic language and settled firmly in Turkish, where aziz can mean dear, precious, even saintly. A Fatimid ruler governed Egypt as al-Aziz Billah in the tenth century, his throne-name built from the same three consonants. In Turkish the word still attaches to a saint or a deeply loved elder.
On a Polish class register, Aziz now sits among the Jakubs and Adams without much fuss. The meaning stays fixed. In Polish it reads as szanowany, wielbiony: respected, adored.
How many people are named Aziz
1 in 62053 men in Poland is named Aziz. 344 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1615 among male names.
Aziz's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Aziz as a middle name
Aziz is a first name for 344 men in Poland and a middle name for another 68, an 83/17 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 875th, between Reginald (69) and Elliot (68).
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