Niyazov or Niazov (f. Niyazova or Niazova, Russian: Ниязов, Tajik: Ниёзов, romanized: Niyozov, Turkmen: Nyýazow, Niýazowa) is a Russianized Central Asian (Kazakh, Uzbek, Bukhari Jewish, Tajiki, and Turkmen) family name. The meanings of the surname are in Persian or Bukhari. "Niyaz"/Niaz means: 1. Gift, 2. Wish, 3. compassion.[1] The suffix "ov" means 's (Niaz's). In the Bukharian Jewish community, the name "Niyaz" was used simultaneously with its Hebrew cognate "Menahem"; hence, the surname Niyazov indicates that whoever bears this name within the Jewish community is a descendant of a man named Niyaz or Menahem.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Atamyrat Nyýazow (1912–1942), Soviet Red Army soldier, father of Saparmyrat
- Abdul-Vahed Niyazov (b. 1969), Russian businessman
- Edige Niyazov (1940–2009), Kazakhstani artist
- Marat Nyýazow (1933–2009), Soviet and Turkmen sport shooter
- Muza Niýazowa (b. 1938), wife of Saparmyrat
- Murat Nyýazow (b. 1967), Turkmen politician, son of Saparmyrat and Muza
- Saparmyrat Niyazov (1940–2006), Turkmen politician
- Tahmina Niyazova (b. 1989), Tajiki female singer
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