The baby name Ziya is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced zee-YAH.
The baby name Ziya is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced zee-YAH.
Ziya is Arabic, Turkish in Origin.
Ziya is the Turkish and Persian-Urdu spelling of Arabic ḍiyāʾ, written ضياء. In Arabic it is a verbal noun tied to the root ḍ-w-ʾ, concerned with shining and brightness; the pattern fiʿāl gives an abstract or intensive sense. Its literal sense is light, radiance, or glow, often with the nuance of visible splendor. Turkish borrowed the name through Ottoman usage, where Arabic ض was represented by z in everyday pronunciation, and the final hamza disappeared.
As a masculine given name, Ziya appears in Arabic compounds such as Ziya al-Din and in Ottoman and modern Turkish naming; Turkish orthography writes it ziya, with uppercase ZİYA because i retains its dot. Ziauddin Barani, the fourteenth-century Indo-Persian historian of the Delhi Sultanate, is a notable medieval bearer. Related spellings include Zia, Diya, Dhiya, and Dia.
| Ziya Gökalp Ziya Gökalp was a prominent Turkish sociologist, writer, and politician, known for his influential role in shaping Turkish nationalism. He played a key part in the intellectual foundation of the Turkish Republic and authored works like 'The Principles of Turkism' that contributed to the cultural and political discourse of his time. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR | Boys | 0 | #1 | 1 | 7 |
| AZ | 0 | #31 | 13 | 706 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2 | 2,021 |
| TM | Boys | 0 | #35 | 2 | 614 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #58 | 93 | 1,400 |
| IN | 0 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #74 | 6 | 3,375 |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #108 | 3 | 2,055 |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| AE | 0 | #182 | 6 | 10,220 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2017 | #189 | 2 | 1,544 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #202 | 18 | 3,850 |
| DK | 0 | #203 | 4 | 5,198 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| TR | 0 | #229 | 9,984 | 19,440 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| BD | 0 | #240 | 2 | 5,992 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #268 | 7 | 3,535 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #268 | 6 | 6,912 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #269 | 17 | 2,795 |
| NG | 0 | #271 | 2 | 5,926 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #277 | 13 | 6,578 |
| SA | 0 | #282 | 14 | 10,560 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #301 | 6 | 2,588 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #302 | 15 | 15,378 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #304 | 22 | 7,401 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #327 | 6 | 5,862 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| MY | 0 | #351 | 4 | 12,352 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #354 | 9 | 8,539 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #367 | 30 | 15,987 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #376 | 11 | 8,413 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #383 | 5 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #385 | 5 | 7,057 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #401 | 5 | 3,185 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #404 | 39 | 2,180 |
| Germany | 0 | #424 | 14 | 2,542 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #428 | 2 | 13,098 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #444 | 62 | 12,621 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #447 | 106 | 10,162 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #470 | 164 | 13,121 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #492 | 24 | 19,177 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #510 | 44 | 20,968 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #521 | 3 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| BH | 0 | #524 | 30 | 17,937 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #542 | 4 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #555 | 3 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #555 | 5 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #564 | 13 | 10,045 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #628 | 5 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #646 | 22 | 13,071 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #647 | 4 | 16,104 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #652 | 56 | 18,093 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #677 | 6 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #702 | 68 | 18,755 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #753 | 200 | 5,697 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #762 | 174 | 25,931 |
| SY | 0 | #763 | 5 | 11,684 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #773 | 109 | 17,948 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #796 | 121 | 8,487 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #839 | 113 | 5,873 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #886 | 7 | 7,044 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #905 | 97 | 16,750 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #920 | 6 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #939 | 154 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #966 | 29 | 24,821 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #974 | 754 | 28,008 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #999 | 3 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 4 | 14,742 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 71 | 25,928 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,092 | 20 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,111 | 18 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,124 | 53 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,163 | 16 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,457 | 15 | 10,046 |
Ziya is popular in 60 countries — most recent births per country:
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