''Faiz'' () is a male Arabic name meaning overflowing, plenty.
People with the name
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Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara
Faiz Muhammad Kāteb () also known as Kāteb () was a prominent writer and historian. He was Afghan court's chronicler, a skilled calligrapher and secretary to the Afghan ruler Habibullah Khan from 1901 to 1919.Kitab-e Tadakkor-e Enqilab, Tran ...
(1862/63–1929), a
Hazara historian, writer and intellectual
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Faiz El-Ghusein
Faiz El-Ghusein () (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 ''s:Martyred Armenia, Martyred Armenia'', an eyewitness account of Armenian genocide.
Th ...
(1883–1968), an official of the Turkish Government
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi language, Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his ...
(1911–1984), a Pakistani
Urdu
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poet
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Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984), a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar
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Haji Faiz Mohammed (born 1932), an Afghan man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
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Faiz Ahmad (1946–1986), an Afghan Marxist–Leninist
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Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb (born 1982), Bangladeshi author, columnist, technology architect and state minister
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Faiz al-Hasan, Bangladeshi politician
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Faiz Ali Chishti (1927-2024), Pakistani general
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Faiz Ali Faiz (born 1962), a Pakistani
qawwali
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singer
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Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (born 1967), a British Muslim scholar
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Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (born 1975), a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002
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Ahmed Faiz (born 1979), a Saudi Arabian long jumper
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Faiz Khaleed (born 1980), a Malaysian military dentist, astronaut
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Faiz Fazal (born 1980), an Indian cricketer
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Foyej Ahmed, Bangladeshi High Court justice
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Foyez Ahmad (1928–2012), Bangladeshi journalist, poet, politician and cultural activist
Nobility and royalty
The name is particularly common among the royal and noble houses of South Asia.
Sovereigns:
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Al-Faiz (1149–1160), a
Caliph
A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...
of the
Fatimid dynasty
The Fatimid dynasty () was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Fatimid Caliphate, between 909 and 1171 CE. Descended from Fatima and Ali, and adhering to Isma'ili Shi'ism, they held the Isma'ili imamate, and were regarded as the rightful leaders o ...
* Nawab
Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle), Nawab of
Baganapalle (1686–1759)
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Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan (1731-1777), Nawab of
Bhopal
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(r.1742-1777)
* Nawab
Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of
Pataudi
* Nawab
Faiz'Ullah Khan (1730-1794),
Nawab of Rampur
Princes and nobles:
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Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Petra ( Jawi: ; born 20 January 1974) is a member of the Kelantan royal family who served as the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Kelantan from 18 October 2010 to 4 January 2024.
He is t ...
(born 1974), the Crown Prince of Kelantan
Compound names with the particle ''Faiz''
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Faizullah, multiple people
* Faiz-ul-Hasan
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Faizul Hasan
Faizul Hasan () was a Bangladeshi politician.
Biography
Hasan was born into a Bengali Muslim family from Daubari in Gowainghat, Sylhet District. He was successful in a 1956 by-election for the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. Hasan participa ...
, Bangladeshi politician
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Syed Faizul Hassan Shah, Pakistani politician
* Faiz-ul-Islam
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Faizul Islam (1963–2025), economist and writer
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Faizul Islam Rangpuri (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Faizul Mahi
ANM Faizul Mahi, (; 1939–1971) born in the district of Feni, was a Bangladeshi educationist.
Education and career
Mahi joined the Institute of Education and Research in 1968 after obtaining Ed.D. (doctorate in education) and soon became sen ...
(1939–1971), Bangladeshi intellectual
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Faizul Latif Chowdhury
Faizul Latif Chowdhury (, ; born 3 June 1959) is a civil servant from Bangladesh. He served as the director general of Bangladesh National Museum. Chowdhury has written on a variety of academic topics, including corruption in public administra ...
(born 1959), Bangladeshi civil servant
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Faizul Waheed (1964–2021), Indian Islamic scholar and jurist
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Faizul Amri Adnan (born 1973), Malaysian politician
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Syed Faizul Karim (born 1973), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician
See also
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Fayez Fayez () is an Arabic given name for males, a variant of Faiz. People named Fayez include:
* Fayez Bandar (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer
* Fayez Banihammad
Fayez Banihammad (March 19, 1977September 11, 2001) was an Emirati terrorist hijacker ...
, a variant form
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Kamen Rider 555
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Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
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Malaysian masculine given names
Pakistani masculine given names