Yazīd (, "increasing", "adding more") is an Arabic name and may refer to:

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Yazid I Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (; 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death in November 683. His appointment by his father Mu'awiya I () was the first ...

(647–683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah *

Yazid II Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (; — 26 January 724), commonly known as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 720 until his death in 724. Although he lacked administrative or military experience, he derived prestige from his ...

(687–724), Umayyad caliph * Yazid III (701–744), Umayyad caliph * Yazeed Abulaila (born 1993), Jordanian footballer * Yazid Kaïssi (born 1981), French-born Moroccan footballer * Yazid Mansouri (born 1978), French-born Algerian footballer *

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab Yazid ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi (; 672/673–24 August 720) was a commander and statesman for the Umayyad Caliphate in Lower Mesopotamia, Iraq and Greater Khorasan, Khurasan in the early 8th century. In 720, he led the last of a series of wide scal ...

(672–720), Umayyad governor * Yazid of Morocco (1750–1792), Sultan of Morocco * Yazid Sabeg (born 1950), French businessman *

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya (; died 639) was a leading Arab Muslim commander in the conquest of Syria from 634 until his death in the plague of Amwas in 639. Following the capture of Damascus around 635, he was placed in command of ...

(died 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I, and companion of Muhammad * Yazid Sufaat (born 1964), suspected militant * Yazid Zerhouni (1937-2020), Algerian politician *

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; ; ''Zineddin Lyazid Zidan''; ; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as an attacking midfi ...

(Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 1972), French footballer and manager * Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas (born 1963), Indonesian Salafist preacher. * Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari (died 750) * Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi (died 787) * Yazid ibn Abdallah al-Hulwani (), Abbasid military governor of Egypt * Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (died ), Abbasid military general and governor * Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami (), Abbasid military general in Armenia * Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq * Yazid ibn Jarir al-Qasri * Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki * Yazid ibn Ziyad * Yazid ibn Khalid al-Qasri * Yazid ibn Abi Muslim

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Abu Yazid Abū Yazīd Makhlad ibn Kaydād Dajjal (; – 19 August 947), was a member of the Ibadi sect. He opposed the Ismaili Shia rule of the Fatimids in North Africa and sought to restore Ibadi dominance in the region. Known as the Man on the Donke ...

(873–947), Kharijite Berber of the Banu Ifran tribe * Mhamed Yazid (1923–2003), Algerian independence activist and politician

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