Aza is a given name in several parts of the world. In English, the usual pronunciation is azā (ah-zah). The name is a modern form of the Persian name Reza. It is also an Arabic name meaning “one who provides comfort”.

Given name Aza of Mannea, king, reigned c. 710–700 BC Aza Gazgireyeva (1954–2009), Ingush supreme court justice Aza Habalova (born 1958), South Ossetian politician Aza Petrović (born 1959), Croatian basketball coach Aza Rakhmanova (1932–2015), Russian AIDS and hepatitis expert Aza Raskin (born 1984), American writer, entrepreneur, inventor Aza Takho-Godi (1922–2025), Russian philologist

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