Araz (name) explained

Araz
Pronunciation:	in Azerbaijani pronounced as /ɑˈɾɑz/
Gender:	Unisex
Language:	Turkish
Meaning:	Happiness

Araz is a unisex given name and a surname. It was one of the surnames which was suggested by the Turkish Language Research Institution (Turkish: Türk Dili Araştırma Kurumu), precursor of the Turkish Language Association, after the Turkish language reform in 1932.^[1] In Turkish, it means "happiness".

Given name

Male

• Araz Abdullayev (born 1992), Azerbaijani football player
• Araz Alizadeh (1951–2022), Azerbaijani politician
• Araz Azimov (born 1962), Azerbaijani diplomat
• Araz Budagov (1938–2021), Azerbaijani physician
• Araz Musayev (born 1977), Azerbaijani Muay Thai kickboxer
• Araz Selimov (1960–1992), Azerbaijani military officer and farmer

Female

• Araz Artinian, Canadian filmmaker of Armenian origin
• Araz Dare (born 1975), Iranian Armenian musical artist

Surname

• Mammad Araz (1933–2004), Azerbaijani poet
• Musa Araz (born 1994), Swiss football player
• Nezihe Araz (1920–2009), Turkish writer and journalist
• Süleyman Araz (born 1995), Turkish archer

See also

• Araz (disambiguation)
• Aras (name), list of people with a similar name

Notes and References

1. Mehmet Şah Özcan. İsmet Üzen. Atatürk Döneminde Soyadı Kanunu’nun Çankırı’daki Yansıması. 138 . Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 3. 10. 2019. tr.