{{Infobox given name | name = Faiz | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPA|ar|fa-iz|lang}} | gender = Male | meaning = Arabic: successful, victorious. overflowing<ref>[http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Faizi.html Meaning of Faizi]</ref> <br/> Urdu: grace, favour<ref>[http://www.special-dictionary.com/names/f/faiz.htm Faiz Name: Meaning of the Name]</ref> | region = Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia | origin = {{lang|ar|فيض}} | related names = Faiza, Faizan, Faizy, Faizi, Faizul, Faizuddin, Faizullah, Faizah, Faizur, Fayez | footnotes = }} '''''Faizin'''''({{Langx|ar|فیض}}) is a male Arabic name meaning overflowing, plenty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Faiz Name Meaning, Origin, History, And Popularity |url=https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/faiz/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=MomJunction |language=en-US}}</ref>
==People with the name== * 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 (born 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 Ahmad Taiyeb (born 1982), Bangladeshi author, columnist, technology architect and state minister * Faiz al-Hasan, Bangladeshi politician * Faiz Ali Chishti (1927–2024), Pakistani general * Faiz Ali Faiz (born 1962), a Pakistani qawwali singer * Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (born 1967), a British Muslim scholar * Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (born 1975), a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002 * Ahmed Faiz (born 1979), a Saudi Arabian long jumper * Faiz Khaleed (born 1980), a Malaysian military dentist, astronaut * Faiz Fazal (born 1980), an Indian cricketer * Foyej Ahmed, Bangladeshi High Court justice * 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:
* Al-Faiz (1149–1160), a Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty * Nawab Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle), Nawab of Baganapalle (1686–1759) * Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan (1731–1777), Nawab of Bhopal (r.1742-1777) * Nawab Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of Pataudi * Nawab Faiz'Ullah Khan (1730–1794), Nawab of Rampur
Princes and nobles: * Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra (born 1974), the Crown Prince of Kelantan
==Compound names with the particle ''Faiz''== *Faizullah, multiple people * Faiz-ul-Hasan **Faizul Hasan, Bangladeshi politician **Syed Faizul Hassan Shah, Pakistani politician * Faiz-ul-Islam **Faizul Islam (1963–2025), economist and writer **Faizul Islam Rangpuri (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer * Faizul Mahi (1939–1971), Bangladeshi intellectual * Faizul Latif Chowdhury (born 1959), Bangladeshi civil servant * Faizul Waheed (1964–2021), Indian Islamic scholar and jurist * Faizul Amri Adnan (born 1973), Malaysian politician * Syed Faizul Karim (born 1973), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician
==See also== *Fayez, a variant form *Kamen Rider 555
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