Zoraiz

• Origin: Urdu ضوريز
• Gender: Male
• First Est. 1970s
• Pron: zo-RAYZ

The name came into use in the South-Asian Muslim community in the 1970s. It is often listed as meaning “spreader of light,” in Arabic. It seems to be a creative, Arabic inspired name but is not used among Arabs. It is possibly a smush between the Arabic word زَرَعَI (zar’), meaning “to sow; to spread; to scatter,” along with the Persian suffix -raiz. Another possible inspiration of the first part of the name is perhaps ضَوْء (ḍau’), meaning, “light.”

Alternate transliterations include: Zorayz, Zorez, Zouraiz, and Zuraiz.

Sources

• https://www.arabicstudentsdictionary.com/
• https://hawramani.com/muslim-baby-names/zoraiz/