Azoulay

Azoulay, sometimes spelled Azoulai, Azulai or Azulay (אזולאי), etc. is a Sephardi Jewish surname, common among Jews of Moroccan descent. It is assumed that the family name Azulai is an acronym of the biblical restriction on whom a Kohen may marry: אשה זנה וחללה לא יקחו (Leviticus, 21:7) and, thus, indicating priestly descent. The Hebrew phrase ishah zonah ve'challelah lo yikachu means "a foreign [non-Israelite woman] or divorced [Israelite woman] shall not he [the Kohen] take".

Azoulay family of Fes
Azoulay, is the name of a notable Jewish family descended from Spanish exiles who, after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and following decades, settled in the city of Fez, Morocco. The family includes:
 * Abraham Azulai (c. 1570 – 1643) – Kabbalistic author and commentator best known for his Chessed le-Avraham
 * Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724–1807) – a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings.
 * Raphael Isaiah Azulai (died 1830) – rabbi and writer.

Others

 * André Azoulay – Senior adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco
 * Audrey Azoulay – French Minister of Culture
 * Blanche Azoulay – Algerian lawyer
 * Daniel Azulay – Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator
 * Shay K. Azoulay – Israeli writer
 * Jean-Luc Azoulay – French filmmaker, see AB Disques
 * Ariella Azoulay – Israeli scholar and documentarian, see Herzliya Biennial
 * Jom Tob Azulay – Brazilian film producer and director
 * Simon Azoulay Pedersen – Danish football player
 * Yinon Azulai – Israeli politician