Ayaz (name)

Ayaz, Iyaz, or Ayas (ایاز; Ayaz), meaning cool breeze, is both a surname and a masculine given name. The latter use was common in the Ghaznavid and Seljuk empires. The Turkic-origin Ayaz should not be confused with the Arabic-derived name Ayyad/Ayyaz (عیاض), though the latter is also sometimes transliterated as Ayaz, such as with Ayaz Marhoni or Ayaz Ishaqi. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Fareed Ayaz, Pakistani Qawwal
 * Ferhad Ayaz (born 1994), Swedish football player
 * Mahmood Ayaz, Pakistani surgeon
 * Malik Ayaz, Georgian slave
 * Shaikh Ayaz, Pakistani poet

Given name

 * Ayaz Ahmed (born 1986), Indian television actor
 * Ayaz Amir, Pakistani journalist
 * Ayaz Khan, Indian actor
 * Ayaz Memon (born 1955), Indian journalist,
 * Ayaz Mütallibov, Soviet politician