Riza
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Riza
A name with a satisfying meaning and a cool combination of letters, Riza is used in Albanian and Indonesia as a variation on the Arabic Rida. The Turkish transliteration is similar, spelled as Rıza.
Riza for boys
Riza could be considered a unisex name, used as a diminutive to Clarissa, Tereza, and Rozalia in Hungary and the Philippines.
Riza for girls#14575 US
As a diminutive name, Riza is used predominantly in the Philippines, though it also has its roots in Hungarian, and in Arabic. Spirited yet familiar, Riza could be related to the surname Rizal meaning "rice field", to the names Tereza and Clarissa, or to the Arabic masculine name Rida, meaning "contentment".
Riza could be considered a unisex name, used across genders in Russia, Pakistan, Indonesia and the US, as nearly exclusively feminine in the Philippines and in Afghanistan, and as exclusively masculine in Albania, Germany, and North Macedonia.
Pronounced REE-zuh.
As of October 2026, Riza ranked #14575 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #8089 in 1971.
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