Rıza

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Hoşnutluk, memnuniyet

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɾɯz̪a/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rıza is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 29K
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 209K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
43 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)

Cyprus, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Hoşnutluk, memnuniyet.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rıza counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rıza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 69K#92Rıza43
AZ Azerbaijan—≈49 est.≈1 in 209K—Rıza4
CY Cyprus#948≈44 est.≈1 in 29K—Rıza5
NL Netherlands—281 in 617K28Rıza6
FR France—≈18 est.≈1 in 3.8M—Rıza1
SY Syria—≈10 est.≈1 in 2M—Rıza4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the tr-tuik-child-stats register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rıza is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, Austria, Netherlands

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Rıżā

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rızâ

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Rızâ

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Ali Rıza Efendi, b. 1839Hoca Ali Rıza, b. 1858Ali Rıza Paşa, b. 1860Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, b. 1869Rıza Nur, b. 1879Rıza Çalımbay, b. 1963Sergen Yalçın, b. 1972Rıza Kocaoğlu, b. 1979Rıza Sarraf, b. 1983Rıza Kayaalp, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Rıza,Hi Rıza, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Rıza
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—28#9,527
TR TürkiyeTÜİK — Statistics on Child (baby names)1950—#92

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Rıza?
A machine transcription gives /ɾɯz̪a/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Rıza mean?
Recorded meaning: Hoşnutluk, memnuniyet.
Is Rıza a male or female name?
Rıza is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Rıza?
In the etymology graph, Riza, Reza and Rida are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Rıza have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Rıza in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rıza.
How common is the name Rıza?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 28 people named Rıza, about 1 in 617 thousand residents.
How common is Rıza compared with other names?
In Cyprus, Rıza is the 948th most common given name of 8,840 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rıza” — the 948th most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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