Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word , ''Riḍā'', which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect contentment'' with God's will or decree". The name is neutral and not one used only by a particular sect, and is used widely by Iranians, Arab Christians and Arab Druze. According to Annemarie Schimmel, "riḍā is closely related to

shukr Shukr ( ar, شكر) is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness, gratitude or acknowledgment by humans, being a highly esteemed virtue in Islam. The term may also be used if the subject is God, in which case it takes the meaning of "divine responsiven ...

"; "shukr" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude.

Given name

Religion

Ali al-Ridha Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the ...

, Eighth

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...

Ithna Ashari Imam. * Ala Hazrat Imam

Ahmed Raza Khan Ahmed Raza Khan, commonly known as Aala Hazrat, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, or Ahmed Rida Khan in Arabic, (14 June 1856 CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 AH – 28 October 1921 CE or 25 Safar 1340 AH), was an Islamic scholar, jurist, mufti, philoso ...

Academics

Reza Afshari Reza Afshari is professor of history at Pace University. He received his Ph.D. at Temple University. His studies center on human rights in Iran, Islamic politics, and Islamic cultural relativism in particular. Representative Publications * “On ...

, Iranian historian * Reza Davari Ardakani, Iranian philosopher * Reza Ghadiri, Iranian-American chemist * Reza Iravani, Iranian academic *

Rida Khawaldeh Rida Shibli Khawaldeh (born 15 July 1962) is a Jordanian academic and politician. He was Minister of Agriculture in the government of Hani Al-Mulki between 1 June 2016 and 28 September 2016, when he left the government in a cabinet reshuffle and w ...

, Jordanian academic *

Reza Malekzadeh Reza Malekzadeh ( fa, رضا ملک‌زاده; born 1952 in Kazerun, Fars province, Iran) is an Iranian medical scientist and gastroenterologist. Career Malekzadeh studied medicine at Shiraz University. He continued his studies to become special ...

, Iranian physician *

Reza Mansouri Reza Mansouri ( fa, رضا منصوری, born 1948) is an Iranian physicist and a retired professor of physics at Sharif University of Technology. Biography Reza Mansouri received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Vienna under the supe ...

, Iranian physicist *

Reza Olfati-Saber Reza Olfati-Saber is an Iranian roboticist and Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Olfati-Saber is an internationally renowned expert in the control and coordination of multi-robot formati ...

, Iranian roboticist *

Rida Said Rida Said ( ar, رضا سعيد) (1876–1945) was a Syrian eye surgeon and businessman, who in 1922, founded the Syrian University, the first university in Syria. He trained as an eye surgeon at Hotel Dieu in Paris, France. As Minister of Educat ...

, Syrian physician *

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish philosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature and a community leader (for some members among the ...

, Turkish scientist *

Reza Aslan Reza Aslan ( fa, رضا اصلان, ; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology of religion, writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam ...

, Iranian-American scholar, author, and journalist *

Reza Moridi Reza Moridi ( fa, رضا مریدی; born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2018 who represented the riding of Richmond Hill. He served as a cabinet minist ...

, Canadian politician * Reza Negarestani, Iranian-American Philosopher *

Reza Zadeh Reza Zadeh is an American-Canadian-Iranian computer scientist and technology executive working on machine learning. He is adjunct professor at Stanford University and CEO of Matroid. He has served on the technical advisory boards of Databricks an ...

, American-Canadian-Iranian Computer Scientist

Arts

Reza Abbasi Reza Abbasi, Riza yi-Abbasi or Reza-e Abbasi, رضا عباسی in Persian, usually Reza Abbasi also Aqa Reza (see below) or Āqā Riżā Kāshānī ( – 1635) was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid ...

(1565–1635), a Persian painter * Reza Abdoh, Iranian-born American director * Reza Abedini, Iranian designer *

Reza Allamehzadeh Reza Allamehzadeh ( fa, رضا علامه‌زاده) is an Iranian-born Dutch filmmaker, film critic and writer who lives in the Netherlands. He is primarily known for his films about refugees, such as ''The Guests of Hotel Astoria'' (1988), and ...

, Persian-born Dutch film-maker * Reza Amirkhani, Persian novelist * Reza Badiyi, American film director * Reza Baraheni, Iranian novelist * Reza Borchardt, American magician *

Reza Deghati Reza Deghati (born July 26, 1952) is an Iranian-French photojournalist who works under the name Reza ( fa, رضا). Early life Reza was born in Tabriz, Iran. He is of Azerbaijani origin.Reza Fayazi Reza Fayazi (in Persian: رضا فیاضی, born ) is an Iranian director and actor. He graduated in theater from Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Tehran. Biography In 1976, he played a role in the series ''Golbaran'' directed by ''Reza Ba ...

, Iranian film director * Reza Feiz Noroozi, Iranian actor *

Reza Kianian Reza Kianian ( fa, رضا کیانیان , born June 19, 1951 in Tehran) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards. Early life Kianian is the se ...

, Iranian actor * Reza Naji, Iranian actor * Reza Parsa, Swedish film director * Reza Qolikhan Hedayat, Persian writer * Reza Rahadian Matulessy (born 1987), Indonesian actor * Reza Sadeghi, Iranian pop singer *

Reza Samani Reza Samani (born 1977) is an Iranian musician. Biography Samani was born in Chahar Mahal, Bakhtiari, Iran. Samani immigrated to Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is t ...

, Iranian musician * Reza Shafiei Jam, Iranian actor *

Reza Shah-Kazemi Reza Shah-Kazemi (b. 1 June 1960 ᴄᴇ) is an author who specializes in comparative mysticism, Islamic Studies, Sufism and Shi'ism. He is the founding editor of the ''Islamic World Report'' and currently a research associate at the Institute of ...

, British author * Reza Vohdani, Iranian musician * Reza Yazdani (singer) * Rida Al Abdullah, Iraqi singer *

Raza Murad Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He has over 250 Bollywood film credits. Murad has also appeared in Bhojpuri and other regional-language films and on Hindi television. Early life He ...

, Indian actor

Criminals

* Agha Muhammad Reza Baig -

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

Shia Muslim Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...

who claimed to be the

Mahdi The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad w ...

and

twelfth imam Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justi ...

, engaged in battles against the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

and

Kachari Kingdom The Dimasa Kingdom (also Kachari kingdom) was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom were exam ...

. * Redha al-Najar, Tunisian prisoner * Reza Alinejad, Iranian juvenile offender *

Reza Khan , , spouse = Maryam Savadkoohi Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlu (queen consort)Turan AmirsoleimaniEsmat Dowlatshahi , issue = Princess Hamdamsaltaneh Princess Shams Mohammad Reza Shah Princess Ashraf Prince Ali Reza Prince Gholam Reza Pri ...

, Afghan Islamist * Reza Zarrab, Iranian businessman *

Riza Aziz Riza Shahriz bin Abdul Aziz, better known as Riza Aziz, is a Malaysian film producer and the co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, a Los Angeles-based film production company. Career Riza holds a BS degree in Government & Economics and an MS ...

, Malaysian film producer

Politics

* Abidur Reza Chowdhury (1872–1961), Bengali politician and educationist * Reza Fallah (1909-1982), Iranian businessman and political advisor * Reza Ghotbi, Iranian politician *

Reza Hosseini Reza Hosseini ( fa, رضا حسینی‎; 8 May 1960 – 19 August 2003) was a relief worker who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq. His colleagues valued him for his 'joie de vivre' and great operational skill: “He had an air of c ...

, Iranian humanitarian * Reza Khelili Dylami, Swedish politician *

Redha Malek Redha Malek ( ar, رضا مالك) (21 December 1931 – 29 July 2017) was an Algerian politician who served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 21 August 1993 to April 1994. During his short term of office, which came in the early years of the Alg ...

, Algerian Former Prime Minister *

, Canadian politician *

Reza Ostadi Reza Ostadi Moghaddam ( fa, رضا استادی مقدم) (born 1937 in Tehran) is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Previously, during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami ...

, Iranian politician * Reza Pahlavi, last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran *

Reza Shah , , spouse = Maryam Savadkoohi Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlu (queen consort) Turan Amirsoleimani Esmat Dowlatshahi , issue = Princess Hamdamsaltaneh Princess Shams Mohammad Reza Shah Princess Ashraf Prince Ali Reza Prince Gholam Reza P ...

Pahlavi, Shah of Iran * Reza Zanjani, Iranian politician * Reza Zarei, Iranian military commander *

Rida al-Rikabi Ali Rida Pasha Rikabi ( ar, علي رضا باشا الركابي; 1864 25 May 1943) was the First Prime Minister in modern Syria and was also the 3rd Prime Minister of Jordan. Summary During the last phase of Ottoman rule in the Middle East, R ...

, Syrian politician *

Rıza Nur Rıza Nur (30 August 1879 in Sinop – 8 September 1942 in Istanbul) was a Turkish surgeon, politician and writer. He was prominent in the years immediately after the First World War, where he served as a cabinet minister but was subsequently ma ...

, Turkish politician * Rıza Türmen (born 1941), Turkish judge and politician

Sports

* Reza Ahadi, Iranian footballer *

Reza Chahkhandagh Reza Chahkhandagh ( fa, رضا چاه خندق , born July 29, 1982) is an Iranian judoka. Participating at the 2004 Olympic Games, he was stopped in the repechage round of 16 by Adil Belgaid of Morocco. He finished in joint fifth place ...

, Iranian judoka * Reza Enayati, Iranian footballer *

Reza Ghoochannejhad Reza Ghoochannejhad Nournia ( fa, رضا قوچان‌نژاد نورنیا; born 20 September 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also known as Gucci in Belgium and Netherlands. Having played for the Nether ...

, Iranian-Dutch footballer * Reza Hassanzadeh (disambiguation), multiple Iranian footballers * Reza Jabbari, Iranian footballer *

Reza Khaleghifar Reza Khaleghifar ( fa, رضا خالقی‌فر) is an Iranian football player who is playing for Sanat Naft Abadan in the Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e F ...

, Iranian footballer * Reza Niknazar, Iranian footballer *

Reza Sahebi Reza Sahebi ( fa, رضا صاحبی born February 25, 1972) is a retired Iranian football player and coach. Playing career Club career He played for Payam Mashhad from 1989–1997 before joining F.C. Zob Ahan where he played from 1997–2003 ...

, Iranian footballer *

Reza Soukhteh Saraei Mohammad-Reza Soukhtehsaraei ( fa, محمدرضا سوخته‌سرايى; born 31 January 1950) is a retired Iranian super-heavyweight wrestler who competed in freestyle and Greco-Roman styles. He was a three-time flag bearer and gold medalis ...

, Iranian wrestler *

Reza Shahroudi Reza Shahroudi ( fa, رضا شاهرودی, born February 21, 1972) is a retired Iranian football player. He played mostly for Persepolis. Shahroudi made 40 appearances for the Iran national football team and participated at 1998 FIFA World Cu ...

, Iranian footballer * Reza Talabeh, Iranian footballer *

Reza Torabian Reza Torabian ( fa, رضا ترابیان; born 28 June 1971 in ) is a retired Iranian footballer and coach who was most recently the assistant manager at Persepolis , native_name_lang = , alternate_name = , image = Gate of All ...

, Iranian footballer * Reza Vatankhah, Iranian footballer *

Reza Yazdani Reza Yazdani ( fa, رضا یزدانی, born August 25, 1984 in Juybar, Iran) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestling ...

, Iranian wrestler

Variants

Roda Antar Roda Abdelhassan Antar ( ar, رضا عبد الحسن عنتر; born 12 September 1980) is a Lebanese professional football manager and former player. Formerly captain of Lebanon, Antar scored 20 goals for his country as a midfielder. Antar sta ...

(born 1980), Lebanese footballer *

Rıza Çalımbay Rıza Çalımbay (born 2 February 1963) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Sivasspor. He was one of the symbol names of Beşiktaş and was among the best players of his time. Beca ...

, Turkish footballer * Rida Lah Douliazale, Moroccan footballer *

Rıza Kayaalp Rıza Kayaalp (; born 10 October 1989) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 130 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. 5 times world (2011,2015,2017,2019,2022) and 11 times European champions (2010,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2 ...

(born 1989), Turkish wrestler * Rizah Mešković, Bosnian footballer *

Rıza Şen Rıza Şen (born 8 March 1986) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Kemerspor 2003. Career Şen had involved in amateur football at a very early age of 11. He had begun football at GOP Taşköprüspor, and respectively ...

, Turkish footballer * Redha Tukar, Saudi Arabian footballer *

Rıza Yıldırım Rıza Yıldırım (born May 6, 1987) is a European champion Turkish wrestler competing in the 97 kg division of freestyle wrestling. He is a member of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Yıldırım won the gold medal in the 96 ...

(born 1987), Turkish wrestler

Derived names

Abdol Reza

* People with the theophoric given name.

Ali Reza

* People with the given name, after Ali Reza (765-818), Imam and eight descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Gholam Reza

* People with the given name, meaning ''servant of the contented one''

Mohammad Reza

* People with the given name, after Mohammad Reza (1919–1980), the last

Shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Surname

Afgansyah Reza Afgansyah Reza better known by his mononym Afgan (born 27 May 1989) is an Indonesian singer and actor of Minangkabau descent. Early life and career Afgansyah Reza was born on 27 May 1989 in Jakarta and into a Muslim musical family of Minangka ...

(born 1989), Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actor * Ahmed Rıza ((1858–1930), Ottoman Turkish politician * Fahmi Reza, Malaysian political graphic designer, street artist and documentary film maker *

Farhad Reza Farhad Reza ( bn, ফরহাদ রেজা; born 16 June 1986) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and is the first batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century on ODI d ...

(born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer *

Fazlollah Reza Fazlollah Reza ( fa, فضل‌الله رضا) (January 1, 1915 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian university professor. Career Reza graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran in 1938, receiving a bachelor's degree ...

(1915–2019), Iranian academic * Flo Rida, American singer and rapper * Ghaleb Rida, Lebanese basketball player *

Hadem Rida Hatim Rida Jarrar ( ar, حاتم رضا جرار) is an Orthopedic Surgeon from Jenin, in the West Bank. He was elected as Mayor of the city, until he was arrested by the Israel Forces and spent 3 years in jail. After his release, he resigned fro ...

, Palestinian politician *

Kévin Reza Kévin Reza (born 18 May 1988) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. Early life Reza was born in May 1988 on the outskirts of Paris. His ...

(born 1988), French professional road bicycle racer * Liudvikas Rėza (1776–1840), Prussian-Lithuanian author a.k.a. Ludwig Rhesa * Omer Riza, footballer *

Rashid Rida Muḥammad Rashīd ibn ʿAlī Riḍā ibn Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Munlā ʿAlī Khalīfa (23 September 1865 or 18 October 1865 – 22 August 1935 CE/ 1282 - 1354 AH), widely known as Sayyid Rashid Rida ( ar, � ...

, Syrian scholar *

Syed Salim Raza Syed Salim Raza (also spelt Reza) is a British Pakistani banker and financier who served as the 15th Governor of State Bank of Pakistan. In September 2018, Raza was appointed to the Economic Advisory Council (Pakistan), the Prime Minister's Econo ...

, British Pakistani banker *

Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays Art and ''God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 blac ...

(born 1959), Iranian-French playwright

Spanish surname

* Itzel Reza, Mexican sprint canoer * Lilia Merodio Reza (born 1978), Mexican politician

Fictional characters

* Reza, character in ''Gol & Gincu'' television series * Reza Temiz, character in '' Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'' game * Reza, a pyromancer in the mobile

MOBA Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) is a subgenre of strategy video games in which two teams of players compete against each other on a predefined battlefield. Each player controls a single character with a set of distinctive abilities that i ...

game '' Vainglory'' * Reza Zaydan, a Moroccan general from HITMAN (2016)

References

External links

Reza – Origin and Meaning of the name Reza at BabyNames.com
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