Zia Family History
Zia Name Meaning
Muslim (mainly Pakistan): from a personal name based on a Persian and Urdu spelling of Arabic ḍiyāʿ ‘light glow illumination’ (Koran 10:5). This is used to form names in combinations such as Zia ul-Haq ‘light of the truth’ and Zia ur-Rahman ‘light of the most gracious’. Chinese: variant of the surname 謝 based on its pronunciation in Shanghai dialect see Xie
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022