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" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude.
Given name
Religion
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Ali al-Ridha, Eighth
Shia Ithna Ashari Imam.
* Ala Hazrat Imam
Ahmed Raza Khan
Academics
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Reza Afshari, Iranian historian
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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
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Reza Ghadiri, Iranian-American chemist
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Reza Iravani, Iranian academic
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Rida Khawaldeh, Jordanian academic
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Reza Malekzadeh, Iranian physician
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Reza Mansouri, Iranian physicist
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Reza Olfati-Saber, Iranian roboticist
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Rida Said, Syrian physician
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Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish scientist
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Reza Aslan, Iranian-American scholar, author, and journalist
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Reza Moridi, Canadian politician
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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
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Reza Zadeh, American-Canadian-Iranian Computer Scientist
Arts
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Reza Abbasi (1565–1635), a Persian painter
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Reza Abdoh, Iranian-born American director
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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
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Reza Allamehzadeh, Persian-born Dutch film-maker
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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
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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
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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
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Reza Borchardt
Reza Borchardt (born June 2, 1996) who goes by the mononymic stage name Reza Illusionist, is an American magician from Brookings, South Dakota.
Early life
Reza’s interest in magic began at the age of 6, when he saw a magic show at Hillcrest ...
, American magician
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Reza Deghati, professionally known as Reza, an Iranian-born photojournalist
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Reza Fayazi, Iranian film director
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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
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Reza Kianian, Iranian actor
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Reza Naji, Iranian actor
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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
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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
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Reza Rahadian Matulessy (born 1987), Indonesian actor
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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
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Reza Samani, Iranian musician
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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
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Reza Shah-Kazemi, British author
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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
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Reza Yazdani (singer)
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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
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Raza Murad, Indian actor
Criminals
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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.
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Redha al-Najar, Tunisian prisoner
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Reza Alinejad, Iranian juvenile offender
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Reza Khan, Afghan Islamist
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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
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Riza Aziz, Malaysian film producer
Politics
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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
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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
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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
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Reza Hosseini, Iranian humanitarian
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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
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Redha Malek, Algerian Former Prime Minister
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Reza Moridi, Canadian politician
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Reza Ostadi, Iranian politician
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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
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Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
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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
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Reza Zarei, Iranian military commander
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Rida al-Rikabi, Syrian politician
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Rıza Nur, Turkish politician
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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
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Reza Ahadi, Iranian footballer
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Reza Chahkhandagh, Iranian judoka
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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
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Reza Ghoochannejhad, Iranian-Dutch footballer
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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
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Reza Jabbari, Iranian footballer
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Reza Khaleghifar, Iranian footballer
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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
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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
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Reza Soukhteh Saraei, Iranian wrestler
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Reza Shahroudi, Iranian footballer
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Reza Talabeh, Iranian footballer
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Reza Torabian, Iranian footballer
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Reza Vatankhah, Iranian footballer
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Reza Yazdani, Iranian wrestler
Variants
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Roda Antar (born 1980), Lebanese footballer
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Rıza Çalımbay, Turkish footballer
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Rida Lah Douliazale, Moroccan footballer
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Rıza Kayaalp (born 1989), Turkish wrestler
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Rizah Mešković, Bosnian footballer
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Rıza Şen, Turkish footballer
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Redha Tukar, Saudi Arabian footballer
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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
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Afgansyah Reza (born 1989), Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actor
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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
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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
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Farhad Reza (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Fazlollah Reza (1915–2019), Iranian academic
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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
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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
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Hadem Rida, Palestinian politician
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Kévin Reza (born 1988), French professional road bicycle racer
* Liudvikas Rėza (1776–1840), Prussian-Lithuanian author a.k.a.
Ludwig Rhesa
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Omer Riza, footballer
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Rashid Rida, Syrian scholar
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Syed Salim Raza, British Pakistani banker
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Yasmina Reza (born 1959), Iranian-French playwright
Spanish surname
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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
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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 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)
References
External links
Reza – Origin and Meaning of the name Reza at BabyNames.com
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Iranian masculine given names
Pakistani masculine given names
Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names