The baby name Changiz is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced chan-GEEZ (IPA: /tʃɑːnˈɡiːz/ or /tʃænˈɡiːz/).
The baby name Changiz is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced chan-GEEZ (IPA: /tʃɑːnˈɡiːz/ or /tʃænˈɡiːz/).
Changiz is Mongolian, Urdu in Origin.
Changiz is the Persian and Urdu rendering of Chinggis, the honorific-title adopted by Temüjin (1162–1227), known in the West as Genghis Khan. The form entered Iranian and South Asian usage via Mongolian through Persian chroniclers, then stabilized in Arabic script as چنگیز/چینگیز. Its etymology is debated: many scholars link it to Mongolic čing “firm, exact, true,” yielding a sense of “steadfast, strong,” while others connect it to Turkic/Mongolic tengiz/dengiz “sea,” thus “oceanic, vast.” In practice it functioned as a title rather than a birth name.
As a given name, Changiz and its cognates spread across Turkic and Central Asian cultures in admiration of the conqueror’s legacy. Common variants include Cengiz (Turkish), Cingiz or Çingiz (Azerbaijani), Chingiz/Chinghiz (Russian-area transliterations), Chyngyz (Kyrgyz), Shyngys (Kazakh), and Chinggis (Mongolian). South Asian spellings include Changez and Chengiz. The name is masculine and carries forceful, imperial connotations.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | 0 | #76 | 1 | 1,883 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #270 | 5 | 3,535 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #464 | 89 | 10,162 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #693 | 5 | 13,071 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,136 | 8 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Changiz is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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