Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
name Rida, which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". It is one of the most widely used names in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
.
According to Annemarie Schimmel, "riḍā is closely related to shukr"; "shukr" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude. In
Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
, rida is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect contentment'' with God's will or decree".
Given name
Religion
* Ali Reza, the Iranian Persian name for
Ali al-Rida
Ali al-Rida (, 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 imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim. He is also part of th ...
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
Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that esta ...
, Iranian historian
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Reza Davari Ardakani
Reza Davari Ardakani (; 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 also the current member of the Iranian ...
Reza Mansouri
Reza Mansouri (, born in 1948) is an Iranian physicist and astronomer and a retired professor of physics at Sharif University of Technology. His main research interest is cosmology, Gravity, gravitation and general relativity. As an author he had ...
, Iranian physicist
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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
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Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan (, ; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology, writer, and television host. A convert to Evangelicalism, evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to wr ...
, Iranian-American scholar, author, and journalist
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Reza Moridi
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, 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. Negar ...
, Iranian-American Philosopher
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Reza Zadeh
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, American-Canadian-Iranian Computer Scientist
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Mohammad Ali Reza Khan
Mohammad Ali Reza Khan is a Bangladeshi ornithologist.
Education
Khan completed his HSC from Manikganj Debendranath College. He completed his Ph.D. in Ornithology from Bombay University (now University of Mumbai) in 1977 under the supervis ...
, Bangladeshi ornithologist
Arts
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Reza Abbasi
Reza Abbasi (), also known as Aqa Reza ( – 1635), was the leading Persian miniature, Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I. He is considered to be the l ...
Iranian
Iranian () may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Iran
** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran
** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia
** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...
Shia Muslim
Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual le ...
who claimed to be the
Mahdi
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East India Company
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and
Kachari Kingdom
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Reza Zarrab
Reza Zarrab (, ; born 12 September 1983) is an Iranian-born businessman based in Turkey. He has Iranian, Azerbaijani, Turkish and Macedonian citizenship.
In March 2016, he was arrested in the United States, accused of being a member of an inter ...
Reza Moridi
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, Canadian politician
* Reza Ostadi, Iranian politician
* Reza Pahlavi, last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
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Reza Shah
Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...
* 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
Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...
of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
* Afgansyah Reza (born 1989), Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actor
* Ahmereen Reza (born 1961), British-Pakistani architect, social worker and political activist
* Amaan Reza (born 1986), Bangladeshi film actor
* Fahmi Reza, Malaysian political graphic designer, street artist and documentary film maker
* Farhad Reza (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Fazlollah Reza (1915–2019), Iranian academic
* Kévin Reza (born 1988), French professional road bicycle racer
* Liudvikas Rėza (1776–1840), Prussian-Lithuanian author a.k.a. Ludwig Rhesa
* Masum Reza, Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director
* M. A. Reza (born 1947), Bangladeshi politician
* (born 1965), Iranian-French writer of '' The Gardens of Consolation''
* Raafi Reza (born 1999), Bangladeshi footballer
* Sumon Reza (born 1995), Bangladeshi footballer
* Syed Masud Reza (born 1956), Bangladeshi politician
* Syed Shahed Reza, Bangladeshi civil servant
* Waliur Rahman Reza (1940–2020), Bangladeshi politician and journalist
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Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza (; born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays ''Art (play), 'Art and ''God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. ...