Ziya
Ziya is a Turkish male first name of Arab origin (Arabic ضياء ) meaning " shine ", " splendor ", " size ". The transliteration Zia is found predominantly in the Arab- Persian- influenced language areas.
Bearers of the name
Middle Ages
Ottoman period
- Ziya Pasha (182 * -1880 ), Ottoman writer and translator
- Yusuf Ziya Bey (1882-1925), Kurdish politician, member of the first Turkish Parliament
First name
- Ziya Alkurt (* 1990), the Turkish football player
- Ziya Aydin ( b. 1979 ), the Turkish football player
- Yusuf Ziya Bahadınlı (* 1927), Turkish writers
- Ziya Doğan ( footballer ) ( born 1961 ), Turkish football player and coach
- Ziya Ekinci Tarık ( born 1925 ), Kurdish- Turkish doctor, politician and author
- Ziya Erdal (* 1988), the Turkish football player
- Yusuf Ziya Günaydın (* 1949), Turkish politicians
- Yusuf Ziya Özcan ( born 1951 ), Turkish social scientists
- Ziya Sanal ( born 1956 ), Turkish architect, founding principal of the German - Turkish University in Istanbul
- Ziya Şengül ( b. 1944 ), the Turkish football player, coach, and commentator functionary
- Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1866-1945), Turkish writers
Artist Name
- Ziya Gokalp ( 1875/76-1924 ), a Turkish sociologist, writer and essayist
Zia
- Ahmad Zia Massoud ( b. 1956 ), Afghan politician
- Khaleda Zia ( born 1945 ), Prime Minister of Bangladesh and widow of Zia ur-Rahman
- Muhammad Zia -ul- Haq (1924-1988), President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
- Oscar Zia (* 1996), Swedish singer
- Rene Zia (* 1991), Austrian football player
- Zia Qarizada (1922-2008), Afghan poet and singer
- Ziaur Rahman (1936-1981), called Zia, President of Bangladesh (1977-1981)
Chinese Name
- Ziya is also the transcription of the Chinese name the same sound :子牙( Zǐyá, Chinese simplified). The most famous bearer is the mythical hero figure Jiang Ziya. The name means " child of ivory ."