Yazid

Yazid (Arabic يزيد, Yazīd DMG ) is an Arabic male first name.

Well-known bearers of the name

Historical people

• Yazid (1750-1792), Sultan of Morocco (1790-1792)
• Yazid I ( 644-683 ), the Umayyad caliph ( 680-683 )
• Yazid II († 724), Caliph of the Umayyad ( 720-724 )
• Yazid III. ( 701-744 ), the Umayyad caliph ( 744)
• Abu Yazid ( 873-947 ), African Rioters

First name

• Yazid Mansouri (born 1978 ), Algerian footballer
• Yazid Zerhouni ( born 1937 ), Algerian politician
• Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 1972 ), French footballer

Family name

• Mustafa Abu al - Yazid (1955-2010), Egyptian terrorist