Faiz
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [faːʔɪz] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | فائز |
| Meaning | Arabic: successful, victorious</ref>[1] Urdu: grace, favour [2] |
| Region of origin | Middle East, Indian sub-continent, South East Asia |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Faiza, Faizan, Faizi, Faizul, Faizuddin, Faizullah, Faizah, Faizur, Fayez |
Faiz (Arabic: فائز) is a male Arabic name meaning "successful" and "victorious".
It is derived from its root word Faza فأز which means successful.
People with the name
- Al-Faiz (1149–1160), a Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty
- Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle), (1686–1759), an Indian noble
- Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara (1862/63–1929), a Hazara historian, writer and intellectual
- Faiz El-Ghusein (1883–1968), an official of the Turkish Government
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911–1984), a Pakistani Urdu poet
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984), a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar
- Haji Faiz Mohammed (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 Karizi (1953-), an Afghan singer
- Faiz Ali Faiz (1962–), a Pakistani qawwali singer
- Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (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
- Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, the Crown Prince of Kelantan
See also
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