Gender Masculine
Scripts ضياء(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. dee-YA(Arabic)  [key·IPA]
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as ZİYA in uppercase and ziya in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Derived from Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, light, glow". This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.

Related Names

VariantsDiya, Zia(Arabic)

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Entry updated April 25, 2021