Rida (, also transcribed as Ridha, Reda, Redha or Roda) is an Arabic name which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In the
Arab world
The Arab world ( '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in West Asia and North Africa. While the majority of people in ...
, the name is neutral and not one used only by a particular sect, and is used widely by
Arab Christians
Arab Christians () are the Arabs who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who live in the Middle East was estimated in 2012 to be between 10 and 15 million. Arab Christian communities can be found throughout the Arab world, bu ...
and
Arab Druze. According to Annemarie Schimmel, "riḍā is closely related to
shukr"; "shukr" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude.
The
Iranian Persian
Iranian Persian (), Western Persian or Western Farsi, natively simply known as Persian (), refers to the Variety (linguistics), varieties of the New Persian, Persian language spoken in Iran and by others in neighboring countries, as well as by ...
version of this name is ''
Reza'', the
Turkish one is ''Rıza'', the
Azerbaijani one is ''Rza'' and the
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
one is ''Raza''.
People
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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 ...
, eighth
Twelver Shi'a
Twelver Shi'ism (), also known as Imamism () or Ithna Ashari, is the largest branch of Shi'a Islam, comprising about 90% of all Shi'a Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as th ...
Imam
Rida, Ridha, Reda, Redha, Roda
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Rida Al Abdullah, Iraqi singer
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Rida Lah Douliazale, Moroccan footballer
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Rida al-Rikabi, Syrian politician
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Rida Said, Syrian physician
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Rida Zouhir, Canadian soccer player
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Ridha Behi, Tunisian director and producer
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Ridha Belhaj (politician), Tunisian politician
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Ridha Belkadi, Tunisian chess player
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Ridha Charfeddine, Tunisian politician
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Ridha Grira, Tunisian politician
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Ridha Jalil, Iraqi footballer
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Ridha Jawad Taqi, Iraqi politician
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Ridha Jlassi, Tunisian football supporter
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Ridha Rouatbi, Tunisian footballer
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Ridha Saidi, Tunisian politician
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Reda Aadel, Moroccan cyclist
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Reda Abdel Aal, Egyptian football player and coach
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Réda Abdenouz, Algerian athlete
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Reda Acimi, Algerian football player
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Reda Agourram, Moroccan born-Canadian football player
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Reda El Amrani
Reda El Amrani (born 19 May 1988) is a professional tennis player from Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the ...
, Moroccan tennis player
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Reda El Azab, Egyptian football player
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Réda Babouche, Algerian football player
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Reda El-Batoty
Reda El-Batoty (born 8 August 1963) is an Egyptian weightlifter. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as B ...
, Egyptian weightlifter
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Reda Bellahcene, French football player
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Reda Benbaziz, Algerian boxer
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Reda Benchehima, Algerian fence
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Réda Benzine, Algerian athlete
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Reda Boultam, Dutch football player
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Reda Benhadj Djillali, Algerian football player
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Reda Doumaz, Algerian musical artist
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Reda Ereyahi, Moroccan football player
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Reda Haikal, Egyptian volleyball player
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Reda Hajhouj, Moroccan football player
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Reda Hegazy, Egyptian politician
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Reda Helal, Egyptian journalist
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Reda Jaadi, Belgium-born Moroccan football player
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Reda Kateb
Reda Kateb (; ; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor.
Life and career
Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer ...
, French actor
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Reda Khadra, German football player
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Reda Kharchouch, Dutch football player
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Reda Mansour, Israeli historian and diplomat
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Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian Air Force officer
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Reda Rhalimi, Moroccan basketball player
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Réda Sayah
Réda Bensaïd Sayah (born June 19, 1989) is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Club career
In July 2011, Sayah signed a two-year contract with MC Alger. He was originally spotted ...
, Algerian football player
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Reda Seyam, German-Egyptian militant
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Reda Shehata, Egyptian football player
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Reda Slim, Moroccan football player
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Reda Al Tawarghi, Libyan football player
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Reda Wardi, French rugby union player
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Reda El-Weshi, Egyptian football player
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Reda Yadi, Algerian swimmer
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Reda Zeguili, Algerian handball coach
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Redha Hamiani, Algerian politician
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Redha Malek
Redha Malek () (21 December 1931 – 29 July 2017) was an Algerian politician who served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 21 August 1993 to 11 April 1994. During his short term of office, which came in the early years of the Algerian Civil War, h ...
, Algerian Former Prime Minister
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Redha al-Najar, Tunisian prisoner
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Redha Tukar, Saudi Arabian footballer
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Roda Antar
Roda Abdelhassan Antar (; 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 started his career with Tadamon Sour, pr ...
, Lebanese footballer
Reza (Iranian Persian)
Rıza (Turkish)
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Rıza Çalımbay
Rıza Çalımbay (born 2 February 1963) is a Turkish UEFA Pro Licensed football manager and former player who is currently serving as the head coach of Sivasspor.
Under his leadership, Sivasspor won the 2021–22 Turkish Cup, the first major tr ...
, Turkish footballer
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Rıza Doğan
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Rıza Maksut İşman
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Rıza Kayaalp (born 1989), Turkish wrestler
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Rıza Kocaoğlu
Rıza Kocaoğlu (born March 19, 1979) is a Turkish actor. Born and raised in İzmir, he is mainly known for his role as Ali in the television series '' Kuzey Güney''.
Life
His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Thessalon ...
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Rıza Nur, Turkish politician
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Rıza Şen
Rıza Şen (born 8 March 1986) is a Turkish association football, 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 Taşköprüs ...
, Turkish footballer
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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 people, Turkish Turkish philosophy, philosopher, poetry of Turkey, poet, politician of liberalism, li ...
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Rıza Türmen (born 1941), Turkish judge and politician
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Rıza Tuyuran
Rıza Tuyuran (born 25 August 1960) is a retired Turkey, Turkish football midfielder and later manager.
References
1960 births
Living people
Turkish football managers
Karşıyaka S.K. managers
Göztepe S.K. managers
Footballers from Is ...
, Turkish footballer
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Rıza Yıldırım (born 1987), Turkish wrestler
Rza (Azerbaijani)
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Rza Tahmasib
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Rza Valibeyov
Raza (Urdu)
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Raza Saqib Mustafai
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Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmad Raza Khan Baraylawi (14 June 1856–28 October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat, (Grand Master), was an Islamic scholar, mufti, polymath, gnostic, poet from (undivided) India, he is considered as the founder of the Barelvi move ...
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Ghaleb Rida, Lebanese basketball player
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Hadem Rida, Palestinian politician
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Rashid Rida
Sayyid Muhammad Rashīd Rida Al-Hussaini (; 1865 – 22 August 1935) was an Ulama, Islamic scholar, Islah, reformer, theologian and Islamic revival, revivalist. An early Salafi movement, Salafist, Rida called for the revival of hadith studies and ...
, Syrian scholar
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Mahmoud Reda, Egyptian dancer and choreographer
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Hanan Redha, Bahraini singer
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