Faiz

Faiz
Pronunciation	Arabic: [fa-iz]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	فيض
Meaning	Arabic: successful, victorious. overflowing ; Urdu: grace, favour
Region of origin	Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia
Other names
Related names	Faiza, Faizan, Faizy, Faizi, Faizul, Faizuddin, Faizullah, Faizah, Faizur, Fayez

Faizin(Arabic: فیض) is a male Arabic name meaning overflowing, plenty.³

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

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:

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