Faiz

Faiz (فيض) is a male Arabic name meaning "successful " and "winner" overflowing, plenty.

It is derived from its root word Faʾz (فأز which means "victorious".

People with the name
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 * 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
 * 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
 * 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:
 * Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, the Crown Prince of Kelantan
 * Nawab Faiz ud Din Khan, Emir of Paigah
 * Faiz Beg Najm-i-Sani
 * Nawab Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur of Kotah
 * Nawab Mir Faiz Ali Khan of Hyderabad
 * Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of Tonk
 * Mirza Faiz'ullah Beg Khan Bahadur of Loharu
 * Faiz'ullah Khan of Malerkotla son of Rasul Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Kasim Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mehr Ilahi Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Imam Ali Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mansab Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Barkat Ali Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Shadal Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Hakim Khan of Malerkotla
 * Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Karim Khan of Malerkotla
 * Khan Sahib Faiz' Ullah of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla
 * Khan Sahib Faiz Talib Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla
 * Khan Sahib Muhammad Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Himmat Khan of Malerkotla
 * Nawabzada Fateh Faiz bin Jung of Paigah
 * Mian Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal State b.1840
 * Sahibzada Faiz Rashid Khan of Bhopal
 * Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal