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 Arab Christians ( ar, ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, translit=al-Masīḥīyyūn al-ʿArab) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic-speakers who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who l ...

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 responsivene ...

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

Given name

Religion

* Ali al-Ridha, Eighth Shia Ithna Ashari Imam. * Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan

Academics

* Reza Afshari, Iranian historian *

Reza Davari Ardakani Reza Davari Ardakani ( fa, رضا داوری اردکانی; born 6 July 1933, in Ardakan) is an Iranian philosopher who was influenced by Martin Heidegger, and a distinguished emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran. He is ...

, Iranian philosopher *

Reza Ghadiri M. Reza Ghadiri is an Iranian-American chemist who studies nanoscale science and technology. Ghadiri holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (1987) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is currently a Professor of chemistry at The Scripps Res ...

, Iranian-American chemist *

Reza Iravani Mohammad Reza Iravani (in Persian: رضا ایروانی) is a professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He holds the L. Lau Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in ...

, Iranian academic * Rida Khawaldeh, Jordanian academic * Reza Malekzadeh, Iranian physician * Reza Mansouri, Iranian physicist * Reza Olfati-Saber, Iranian roboticist * Rida Said, Syrian physician * Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish scientist * Reza Aslan, Iranian-American scholar, author, and journalist * Reza Moridi, Canadian politician *

Reza Negarestani Reza Negarestani (born 1977) is an Iranian philosopher and writer, known for "pioneering the genre of 'theory-fiction' with his book" ''Cyclonopedia'' which was published in 2008. It was listed in Artforum as one of the best books of 2009. Negare ...

, Iranian-American Philosopher * Reza Zadeh, American-Canadian-Iranian Computer Scientist

Arts

* Reza Abbasi (1565–1635), a Persian painter *

Reza Abdoh 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 content ...

, Iranian-born American director *

Reza Abedini Reza Abedini ( fa, رضا عابدینی , born 1967 in Tehran) is an Iranian graphic designer and a professor. His works keep a modern theme as he blends traditional Islamic patterns, calligraphy and culture. He combines simple illustrations w ...

, 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 Reza Amirkhani ( fa, رضا امیرخانی; born 16 May 1973) is a contemporary Iranian novelist. He started writing in high school with the ''Ermia'' novel. He has studied mechanical engineering at Sharif University of Technology and is a ...

, Persian novelist *

Reza Badiyi Reza Sayed Badiyi (also known as Reza Badiei; Persian: رضا بدیعی; April 17, 1930 – August 20, 2011) was an Iranian-born American film and television director. His credits also include developing the opening montages for '' Mission ...

, American film director *

Reza Baraheni Reza Baraheni ( fa, رضا براهنی; 13 December 1935 – 25 March 2022) was an Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist. Baraheni lived in Toronto, Canada, where he used to teach at the Centre for Comparative Literature at t ...

, Iranian novelist * Reza Borchardt, American magician * Reza Deghati, professionally known as Reza, an Iranian-born photojournalist * Reza Fayazi, Iranian film director *

Reza Feiz Noroozi Reza Fieze Norouzi ( fa, رضا فیض نوروزی; born ) is an Iranian actor. Filmography *''Kaktus 1 (Cactus: Part I )'' *''Kaktus 2 (Cactus: Part II )'' *''Kaktus 3 (Cactus: Part III )'' *''Roya-ye natamam'' *''Bayram'' *''Rooz-e Raftan' ...

, Iranian actor * Reza Kianian, Iranian actor *

Reza Naji Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform in different roles. His first role in a film goes back to ...

, Iranian actor *

Reza Parsa Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22, he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, ''Never (Gränsen)'', i ...

, Swedish film director *

Reza Qolikhan Hedayat Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat ( fa, رضاقلی خان هدایت; 8 June 1800 – 29 June 1871) was a Persian literary historian, administrator, and poet in 19th-century Qajar Iran. Biography Hedayat was born in Tehran on 8 June 1800 to a renowned ...

, Persian writer * Reza Rahadian Matulessy (born 1987), Indonesian actor *

Reza Sadeghi Reza Sadeghi ( fa, رضا صادقی, born 16 August 1979) is an Iranian pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the most popular domestic singers in Iran. He is praised for his vocals and song writing, which are mainly a ...

, Iranian pop singer * Reza Samani, Iranian musician *

Reza Shafiei Jam Ahmad-Reza Shafiei-Jam ( fa, احمدرضا شفیعی‌جم, born July 1, 1971) is an Iranian actor . He is famous for his roles in comedy TV series and films. Filmography Cinema * ''Mard-e avazi (The Changed Man)'' * ''Ertefa-e past (Low ...

, Iranian actor * Reza Shah-Kazemi, British author *

Reza Vohdani Reza Vohdani (1933 in Tehran – 2003) was an Iranian musician. Reza learned classical Persian music from masters such as Vaziri, Shahnazi, Saba Saba may refer to: Places * Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Carib ...

, Iranian musician *

Reza Yazdani (singer) Reza Yazdani ( fa, رضا یزدانی, born on October 16, 1973 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian singer, musician, composer and actor. He is an Iranian pop-rock musician and has released twelve official albums and numerous singles. His main instr ...

Rida Al Abdullah Rida Al Abdulla ( ar, رضا العبد الله; also spelled ''Rida Al Abdallah'', ''Reda Al Abdullah''; born 5 July 1966) is an Iraqi singer and actor. He gained attention across the Arab world for his singles "Bo'dak Habibi", "Qasawa", "Dha ...

, Iraqi singer * Raza Murad, Indian actor

Criminals

* Agha Muhammad Reza Baig - Iranian Shia Muslim who claimed to be the Mahdi and twelfth imam, engaged in battles against the East India Company and Kachari Kingdom. *

Redha al-Najar Redha al-Najar is a citizen of Tunisia who was held in US custody in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility. He is notable for being one of a very small number of the detainees held in Bagram to have had a writ of habeas corpus submitted on his b ...

, Tunisian prisoner *

Reza Alinejad Reza Alinejad ( fa, رضا علی نژاد) (born September 21, 1985) is an Iranian man who, at the age of 17, was accused of killing another man in self defence and sentenced to death by hanging. Background information In December 2002, while ...

, Iranian juvenile offender * Reza Khan, Afghan Islamist *

Reza Zarrab Reza Zarrab ( fa, رضا ضراب, tr, Rıza Sarraf; born 12 September 1983) is an Iranian-born businessman based in Turkey. He has Iranian, Azerbaijani, Turkish and North Macedonian citizenship. In March 2016, he was arrested in the United Sta ...

, Iranian businessman * Riza Aziz, Malaysian film producer

Politics

Abidur Reza Chowdhury Khan Bahadur Abidur Reza Chowdhury ( bn, আবিদুর রেজা চৌধুরী; 1872 - 16 January 1961) was a Bengali politician and philanthropist. He was one of the founding members of the All-India Muslim League. The present-day C ...

(1872–1961), Bengali politician and educationist *

Reza Fallah Reza Fallah (1909–1982) was an Iranian businessman and political advisor. He shaped the Iranian oil policy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Early life Reza Fallah was born on 15 September 1909 in Kashan, Iran. He graduated from high school in T ...

(1909-1982), Iranian businessman and political advisor *

Reza Ghotbi Reza Ghotbi ( fa, رضا قطبی, 1940 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian engineer who headed National Iranian Radio and Television during Pahlavi dynasty. He currently lives in the United States. During the time he attended Alborz High School, he dev ...

, 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 Reza Khelili Dylami ( fa, رضا خلیلی دیلمی; born in 1967) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2010, replacing Beatrice Ask due to her service as the Minister for Justice from 2006 t ...

, 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 Alge ...

, Algerian Former Prime Minister * Reza Moridi, Canadian politician * Reza Ostadi, Iranian politician *

Reza Pahlavi Reza Pahlavi may refer to: * Reza Shah (1878–1944), Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran from 1925 until 1941 * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, son of Reza Shah * Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pah ...

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

Reza Zanjani Ayatollah Seyed Reza Zanjani (born 1902 in Zanjan, died 4 January 1984) was a Shia Iranian cleric who opposed first the autocracy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and then theocracy that was established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his supporte ...

, Iranian politician *

Reza Zarei Reza Zarei is a former chief of Tehran Police in charge of the Guidance Patrol for Islamic values. In March 2008, Zarei was found with six naked women in a house of prostitution in Tehran. Zarei was himself in charge of the so-called "Public secu ...

, Iranian military commander * Rida al-Rikabi, 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 Rıza Mahmut Türmen (born 17 June 1941, Istanbul, Turkey), is a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights and currently an MP for Izmir in the Turkish Parliament, with the Republican People's Party. He graduated from Istanbul Unive ...

(born 1941), Turkish judge and politician

Sports

Reza Ahadi Reza Ahadi ( fa, رضا احدی, November 30, 1962 – January 17, 2016) was an Iranian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Iran national football team, Iran national team and Tehran's Esteghlal F.C., Esteghlal. He died following an in ...

, 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 Gholam Reza Enayati ( fa, غلام رضا عنايتى ; born 23 September 1976) is an Iranian football manager and former player. He is a former member of Iran national football team. Enayati played as a striker and is the all-time top goals ...

, Iranian footballer * Reza Ghoochannejhad, Iranian-Dutch footballer *

Reza Hassanzadeh (disambiguation) Reza Hassanzadeh may refer to: * Reza Hassanzadeh (Esteghlal, footballer) Reza Hassanzadeh ( fa, رضا حسن‌زاده; born 1964 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player who played for Esteghlal Tehran for most of his career. He ...

, multiple Iranian footballers *

Reza Jabbari Reza Jabbari ( fa, رضا جباری, born August 28, 1977, in Tehran) is a retired Iranian footballer. In 2000, he joined Persepolis with his teammate and friend in Bahman, Hassan Khanmohammadi. Club career Club career statistics Honours ; ...

, 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 Reza Niknazar ( fa, رضا نيک‌نظر, born 23 August 1980 in Rasht) is an Iranian football player who is currently a free agent. He usually plays at defender position. He played his golden years for Malavan in Iran Pro League. Referenc ...

, 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 Seyed Reza Talabeh Yazdi ( fa, رضا طلبه یزدی, born March 8, 1989, in Yazd) is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Malavan F.C. in the Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج ف� ...

, 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 Reza Vatankhah ( fa, رضا وطنخواه) (born February 9, 1947 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian retired football player. He played for Persepolis F.C. as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger, and is now a manager. His elder brother Büyük 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 Wrestlin ...

, Iranian wrestler

Variants

* Roda Antar (born 1980), Lebanese footballer * Rıza Çalımbay, Turkish footballer *

Rida Lah Douliazale Rida Lah Douliazale (born 3 September 1985) is a former Moroccan international footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Wydad Casablanca When he was signed at Wydad his comments showed how important this was to him, " I alway ...

, Moroccan footballer * Rıza Kayaalp (born 1989), Turkish wrestler *

Rizah Mešković Rizah Mešković (born 10 August 1947) is a Bosnian former professional football player and manager who played as a goalkeeper. At international level he played for the Yugoslavia national team once in 1972, and was a participant at the 1974 F ...

, 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 Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatha ( ar, رضا حسن تُكر فلاتة; born 29 November 1975 in Medina) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a defender for Al Ittihad. Tukar started his career at second division Ohod before joinin ...

, 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 Ali Reza (also spelled Alireza or Ali-Reza) is a given name popular among Iranians referring to the imams of Shia Islam Ali and Ali al-Ridha. People Ali Reza * Ali-Reza Asgari, Iranian general * Ali Reza Eftekhari, Iranian pop singer * Ali Reza N ...

(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 of Iran.

Surname

* Afgansyah Reza (born 1989), Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actor *

Ahmed Rıza Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

((1858–1930), Ottoman Turkish politician *

Fahmi Reza Mohd Fahmi Reza bin Mohd Zarin ( ms, محمد فهمى رضا بن محمد زارين, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 7 June 1977) is a Malaysian political graphic designer, street artist and documentary filmmaker. ...

, Malaysian political graphic designer, street artist and documentary film maker * Farhad Reza (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer * Fazlollah Reza (1915–2019), Iranian academic *

Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (, ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 breakout single " Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital dow ...

, American singer and rapper *

Ghaleb Rida Ghaleb Rida or Ghaleb Reda ( ar, غالب رضا); (born July 10, 1981 in Nabatieh, Lebanon) is a professional Lebanese basketball player for sagesse Club and a member of Lebanon national basketball team as a shooting guard. He is tall. His ...

, Lebanese basketball player * Hadem Rida, 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 Martin Ludwig Jedemin Rhesa ( lt, Martynas Liudvikas Gediminas Rėza; 9 January 1776 – 30 August 1840) was a Lutheran pastor and a professor at the University of Königsberg in East Prussia. He is best remembered as publisher of Lithuanian text ...

Omer Riza Omer Karime Ali Riza (born 8 November 1979) is a former footballer who is a coach at Watford's academy. Riza, who played as a forward, featured for English clubs Arsenal and West Ham United, Holland's Ado Den Haag and Turkish outfits Trabzon ...

, footballer * Rashid Rida, Syrian scholar * Syed Salim Raza, British Pakistani banker * Yasmina Reza (born 1959), Iranian-French playwright

Spanish surname

Itzel Reza Itzel Reza (born May 29, 1979) is a Mexican sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city ...

, Mexican sprint canoer *

Lilia Merodio Reza Lilia Guadalupe Merodio Reza ( Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, September 19, 1978) is a Mexican politician, currently serving in the Senate and representing the state of Chihuahua. Life Merodio studied business administration at the Universidad Au ...

(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 game ''

Vainglory Vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and merely meant ''futility''. The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic s ...

'' * Reza Zaydan, a Moroccan general from

HITMAN (2016) ''Hitman'' is a 2016 stealth video game that was developed by IO Interactive and was released episodically for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from March to October 2016. The game, which has six episodes, is the sixth mainline ...

References

External links

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