Zia
Zia means Light, splendour.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | unisex |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Language | Multi-regional |
| Starts with | Z |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Light, splendour”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Viraj — Meanings families give: Splendour, resplendent; Resplendent, shining with great beauty and light; Splendour, to shine; Splendour, to shine, king
- Ziya — Meanings families give: Light, enlightenment; Light, glow, splendour
- Uma — splendour
- Aabha — Glow, splendour
- Prakash — m. clearness, brightness, splendour
- Rashmi — a ray of light, beam, splendour
More unisex names of Arabic origin
Where this comes from
Zia has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.