Ayaz, Iyaz, or Ayas (; ), meaning cool breeze, is both a surname and a masculine given name. The latter use was common in the

Ghaznavid The Ghaznavid dynasty ( ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic ''mamluk'' origin. It ruled the Ghaznavid Empire or the Empire of Ghazni from 977 to 1186, which at its greatest extent, extended from the Oxus to the Indus Va ...

and Seljuk empires. The Turkic-origin Ayaz should not be confused with the Arabic-derived name Ayyad/Ayyaz (), though the latter is also sometimes transliterated as Ayaz, such as with Ayaz Marhoni or Ayaz Ishaqi. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

* Fareed Ayaz (born 1952), Pakistani Qawwal * Ferhad Ayaz (born 1994), Swedish football player * Mahmood Ayaz (born 1960), Pakistani surgeon * Malik Ayaz (993-1041), Georgian slave * Shaikh Ayaz (1923-1997), Pakistani poet

Given name

* Ayaz Ahmed (born 1986), Indian television actor * Ayaz Amir, Pakistani journalist * Ayaz Khan (born 1979), Indian actor * Ayaz Memon (born 1955), Indian journalist, * Ayaz Mütallibov (1938-2022), Soviet politician

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