# Faiz

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Faiz
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|ar|fa-iz|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = [Arabic](/source/Arabic): successful, victorious. overflowing<ref>[http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Faizi.html Meaning of Faizi]</ref> <br/> [Urdu](/source/Urdu): grace, favour<ref>[http://www.special-dictionary.com/names/f/faiz.htm Faiz Name: Meaning of the Name]</ref>
| region = [Middle East](/source/Middle_East), [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent), [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia)
| origin = {{lang|ar|فيض}}
| related names = [Faiza](/source/Faiza), [Faizan](/source/Faizan), [Faizy](/source/Faizy_(given_name)), [Faizi](/source/Faizi_(given_name)), [Faizul](/source/Faizul), [Faizuddin](/source/Faizuddin), [Faizullah](/source/Faizullah), [Faizah](/source/Faizah), [Faizur](/source/Faizur), [Fayez](/source/Fayez)
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'''''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](/source/Faiz_Mohammad_Katib_Hazara) (1862/63–1929), a [Hazara](/source/Hazara_people) historian, writer and intellectual
* [Faiz El-Ghusein](/source/Faiz_El-Ghusein) (1883–1968), an official of the Turkish Government
* [Faiz Ahmad Faiz](/source/Faiz_Ahmad_Faiz) (1911–1984), a Pakistani [Urdu](/source/Urdu) poet
* [Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah](/source/Syed_Faiz-ul_Hassan_Shah) (1911–1984), a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar
* [Haji Faiz Mohammed](/source/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](/source/Faiz_Ahmad) (1946–1986), an Afghan Marxist–Leninist
* [Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb](/source/Faiz_Ahmad_Taiyeb) (born 1982), Bangladeshi author, columnist, technology architect and state minister
* [Faiz al-Hasan](/source/Faizul_Hasan), Bangladeshi politician
* [Faiz Ali Chishti](/source/Faiz_Ali_Chishti) (1927–2024), Pakistani general
* [Faiz Ali Faiz](/source/Faiz_Ali_Faiz) (born 1962), a Pakistani [qawwali](/source/qawwali) singer
* [Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi](/source/Faiz-ul-Aqtab_Siddiqi) (born 1967), a British Muslim scholar
* [Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari](/source/Faiz_Mohammed_Ahmed_Al_Kandari) (born 1975), a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002
* [Ahmed Faiz](/source/Ahmed_Faiz_(athlete)) (born 1979), a Saudi Arabian long jumper
* [Faiz Khaleed](/source/Faiz_Khaleed) (born 1980), a Malaysian military dentist, astronaut
* [Faiz Fazal](/source/Faiz_Fazal) (born 1980), an Indian cricketer
* [Foyej Ahmed](/source/Foyej_Ahmed), Bangladeshi High Court justice
* [Foyez Ahmad](/source/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](/source/Al-Faiz) (1149–1160), a [Caliph](/source/Caliph) of the [Fatimid dynasty](/source/Fatimid_dynasty)
* Nawab [Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle)](/source/Faiz_Ali_Khan_(Banganapalle)), Nawab of [Baganapalle](/source/Banganapalle_State) (1686–1759)
* [Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan](/source/Faiz_Mohammad_Khan) (1731–1777), Nawab of [Bhopal](/source/Bhopal_State) (r.1742-1777)
* Nawab [Faiz Talb Khan](/source/Pataudi_family), Nawab of [Pataudi](/source/Pataudi_State) 
* Nawab [Faiz'Ullah Khan](/source/Nawab_Faizullah_Khan) (1730–1794), [Nawab of Rampur](/source/Rampur_State)

Princes and nobles:
* [Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra](/source/Tengku_Muhammad_Faiz_Petra) (born 1974), the Crown Prince of Kelantan

==Compound names with the particle ''Faiz''==
*[Faizullah](/source/Faizullah), multiple people
* Faiz-ul-Hasan
**[Faizul Hasan](/source/Faizul_Hasan), Bangladeshi politician
**[Syed Faizul Hassan Shah](/source/Syed_Faizul_Hassan_Shah), Pakistani politician
* Faiz-ul-Islam
**[Faizul Islam](/source/Faizul_Islam_(writer)) (1963–2025), economist and writer
**[Faizul Islam Rangpuri](/source/Faizul_Islam) (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
* [Faizul Mahi](/source/Faizul_Mahi) (1939–1971), Bangladeshi intellectual
* [Faizul Latif Chowdhury](/source/Faizul_Latif_Chowdhury) (born 1959), Bangladeshi civil servant
* [Faizul Waheed](/source/Faizul_Waheed) (1964–2021), Indian Islamic scholar and jurist
* [Faizul Amri Adnan](/source/Faizul_Amri_Adnan) (born 1973), Malaysian politician
* [Syed Faizul Karim](/source/Syed_Faizul_Karim) (born 1973), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician

==See also==
*[Fayez](/source/Fayez), a variant form
*[Kamen Rider 555](/source/Kamen_Rider_555)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{given name}}

Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Bangladeshi masculine given names
Category:Malaysian masculine given names
Category:Pakistani masculine given names

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