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Faiz
Fazi| Pronunciation | Arabic: [fa-iz] |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Word/name | فيض |
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| Meaning | Arabic: successful, victorious. overflowing[1]
Urdu: grace, favour[2] |
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| Region of origin | Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia |
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| Related names | Faiza, Faizan, Faizy, Faizi, Faizul, Faizuddin, Faizullah, Faizah, Faizur, Fayez |
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Faiz (Arabic: فائز) is a male Arabic name meaning "successful " and "winner" overflowing, plenty.[3]
It is derived from its root word Faʾz (فأز which means "victorious".
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 (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 al-Hasan, Bangladeshi politician
- 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
- Muhammad Faiz Nur Khalil (2008)
- Mohammed Faiz Alam Qadri (1965)
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 Ali Khan, Nawab of Jhajjar
- Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Dadri[4]
- Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan, Emir of Khairpur (r.1894-1909)
- Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan II, Emir of Khairpur (r.1935-1947)
- Nawab Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of Junagadh[5]
- Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal (r.1742-1777)
- Nawab Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of Pataudi
- Nawab Faiz'Ullah Khan, Nawab of Rampur
Princes and nobles:
See also
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