Yazid
Yazid ( Arabic يزيد, DMG Yazīd ) is a masculine Arabic given name .
Well-known namesake
Historical persons
- Yazid (1750–1792), Sultan of Morocco (1790–1792)
- Yazid I (644–683), Umayyad Caliph (680–683)
- Yazid II. (687-724), Umayyad Caliph (720-724)
- Yazid III. (701–744), Umayyad Caliph (744)
- Abu Yazid (873-947), African insurgent
- Chalid ibn Yazid (around 655–704), son of Yazid I, he was considered an alchemist
First name
- Yazid Mansouri (* 1978), Algerian football player
- Yazid Zerhouni (* 1937), Algerian politician
- Zinédine Yazid Zidane (* 1972), French football player
family name
- Mustafa Abu l-Yazid (1955-2010), Egyptian terrorist