What does the name Aziza mean?

Aziza is a Swahili name meaning "Precious". Aziza means precious, a name that tells a daughter how treasured she is.

Where does the name Aziza come from?

Aziza is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Aziza is usually given to girls.

Swahili name

means "Precious"

Aziza is a Swahili name meaning "Precious". It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Aziza means precious, a name that tells a daughter how treasured she is.

ah-ZEE-zah

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

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What does the name Aziza mean?: Aziza is a Swahili name meaning "Precious". Aziza means precious, a name that tells a daughter how treasured she is.
How do you pronounce Aziza?: Say it ah-ZEE-zah. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Aziza come from?: Aziza is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Is Aziza a girl's or a boy's name?: Aziza is usually given to girls.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.