''Fāʾiz'' () is a male Arabic name meaning "successful" and "victorious" overflowing, plenty.
It is derived from its root word ''Faʾz'' ( which means "successful".
People with the name
*
Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara (1862/63–1929), a
Hazara
Hazara may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin
* Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan
* Hazar ...
historian, writer and intellectual
*
Faiz El-Ghusein
Faiz El-Ghusein ( ar, فايز الغصين) (1883–1968) was a sheikh from the Hauran, and a former official of the Turkish Government.
He is most widely remembered as the author of '' Martyred Armenia'', an alleged eyewitness account of Armeni ...
(1883–1968), an official of the Turkish Government
*
Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911–1984), a Pakistani
poet
*
Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984), a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar
*
Haji Faiz Mohammed
Haji Faiz Mohammed ( ar, محمد حجي فز) is an elderly Afghani man who was held and interrogated by the United States military in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
Mohammed spent about eight months in Guantanamo and was repatria ...
(1932-), an Afghan man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
*
Faiz Ahmad (1946–1986), an Afghan Marxist–Leninist
*
Faiz al-Hasan, Bangladeshi politician
*
Faiz Karizi
Faiz Karizi ( fa, فيض كاريزی) (born 1953) is a popular Afghan singer. He is ranked as the most prolific folkloric singer of Afghanistan and has been referred to as that country's “King of Folklore Music.” Now based out of Swede ...
(1953-), an Afghan singer
*
Faiz Ali Faiz (1962–), a Pakistani
qawwali
Qawwali (Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali: কাওয়ালি ( Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontine ...
singer
*
Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi
Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (born 1967) is a Muslim scholar, principal of the Hijaz College, National Convenor of the Muslim Action Committee (MAC), Secretary General of the International Muslims Organisation, Grand Blessed Guide of the Naqshbandi H ...
(1967–), a British Muslim scholar
*
Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (1975-), a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002
* Valiullah Faiz Mahdavi (1978–2006), an Iranian political prisoner
*
Ahmed Faiz (1979–), a Saudi Arabian long jumper
*
Faiz Khaleed (1980–), a Malaysian military dentist, astronaut
*
Faiz Fazal (1980–), an Indian cricketer
Nobility and royalty
The name is particularly common among the royal and noble houses of South Asia.
Sovereigns:
*
Al-Faiz
Abūʾl-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir ( ar, أبو القاسم عيسى بن الظافر; 1149–1160), better known by his regnal name al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (), was the thirteenth and penultimate Fatimid caliph, reigning in Egypt fr ...
(1149–1160), a
Caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of the
Fatimid dynasty
* Nawab
Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle)
Nawab Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur (Muhammad Beg Khan Najm-i-Sani), was a ruler of the princely state of Banganapalle, including the Chenchelimala territory.
He was the second son of Nawab Ali Quli Khan Bahadur, sometime Vizier to Emperor Aurangzeb, by ...
, Nawab of
Baganapalle (1686–1759)
* Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of
Jhajjar
Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west ...
* Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Dadri
* Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan,
Emir of Khairpur (r.1894-1909)
* Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan II, Emir of Khairpur (r.1935-1947)
* Nawab Faiz Talb Khan,
Nawab of Junagadh
Nawab of Junagarh or Junagadh refers to the now defunct ex-lineage of rulers of the princely Junagarh State in British Raj, nowadays Junagadh district in the state of Gujarat in India. There are still several forts and palaces in India which were ...
*
Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It ...
(r.1742-1777)
* Nawab
Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of
Pataudi
* Nawab
Faiz'Ullah Khan,
Nawab of Rampur
Princes and nobles:
*
Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, the Crown Prince of Kelantan
* Nawab Faiz ud Din Khan,
Emir of Paigah
* Faiz Beg Najm-i-Sani
* Nawab Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur of
Kotah
Kota (), previously known as ''Kotah'', is a city located in the southeast of northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located about south of the state capital, Jaipur, situated on the banks of Chambal River. With a population of over 1. ...
* Nawab Mir Faiz Ali Khan of
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
* Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of
Tonk
* Mirza Faiz'ullah Beg Khan Bahadur of
Loharu
* Faiz'ullah Khan of
Malerkotla son of Rasul Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Kasim Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mehr Ilahi Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Imam Ali Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mansab Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Barkat Ali Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Shadal Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Hakim Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Karim Khan of Malerkotla
* Khan Sahib Faiz' Ullah of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla
* Khan Sahib Faiz Talib Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla
* Khan Sahib Muhammad Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Himmat Khan of Malerkotla
* Nawabzada Fateh Faiz bin Jung of
Paigah
* Mian Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal State b.1840
* Sahibzada Faiz Rashid Khan of Bhopal
* Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal
See also
*
Kamen Rider 555
*
Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
References
{{given name
Arabic masculine given names