Is reza a common Iranian name?
Yes, quite common I would say. Imam Reza, peace be upon him, is the 8th Imam of Muslims and his holy shrine is located in Mashhad, Iran. His name is very commonly used to name boys here in Iran. My name, Gholamreza, means ‘the servant of Reza’ but people usually call me Reza. The strange thing is that my father, Allah rest his soul, very much liked and believed in Imam Reza and as I said, he’s the eighth Imam of Muslims and I, was born on the EIGHTH of Bahman (an Iranian month) and when I was being given birth to, I almost died. My father asked Imam Reza to give me back to him and he would name me Gholamreza and so it happend and so my father did!
