Yazid

Yazid
يزيد
	Calligraphic representation of Yazid II name, Yazid II was the powerful Islamic leader in eighth century
Pronunciation	[jaziːd], ; "Yazeed"
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Semitic (Arabic)
Meaning	Addition, ; Increase
Region of origin	Arabia (Middle East)

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

Given name[edit]

Yazid I (647–683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah
Yazid II (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 (672–720), Umayyad governor
Yazid of Morocco (1750–1792), Sultan of Morocco
Yazid Sabeg (born 1950), French businessman
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (died 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I, and companion of Muhammad
Yazid Sufaat (born 1964), suspected militant
Yazid Zerhouni (born 1937), Algerian politician
Zinedine Zidane (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 (fl. 856–867), Abbasid military governor of Egypt
Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (died c. 801), Abbasid military general and governor
Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami (fl. 750–780), 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