Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Izzat Name Meaning in Islam
Honour, dignity.
- Meaning
- Honour, dignity. Al-Aziz (the Mighty) is a divine name. Izzat names the man of honour, whose dignity is natural and unforced
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- عزت
- Meaning in Urdu
- عزت، شرف
- Pronunciation
- IZ-zat
- Lucky number
- 1
Is Izzat an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Izzat is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Honour, dignity. Izzat names the man of honour, whose dignity is natural and unforced. It was carried by Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ain-z-z. The root ain-z-z denotes might, dignity, and unassailable honour. Al-Aziz, derived from this root, is one of the divine names.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ain perceives true worth, Zayn adorns the soul with honour, and the final ta of completion seals the dignity as inviolable. The letters together draw a name that wears nobility as its garment.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Izzat's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Alim, the All-Knowing, carried by a person as a knowing that predates study. A person named Izzat is many things at once, and gets to choose which shows up when.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Honour, dignity.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri . Iraqi Ba'athist politician, Vice-President of Iraq under Saddam Hussein and post-2003 insurgent leader
How to Pronounce Izzat
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Izzat
What does the name Izzat mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Izzat? →
Is Izzat mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Izzat mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Izzat carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Izzat a good Islamic name?
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Is Izzat a boy or girl name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Izzat in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Izzat is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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