Yasser

Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ياسر, Yāsir) is an Arabic male name meaning “to be of ease” or “of wealth”.

Notable people with this given name

 * Yasir Abdullah (born 2000), American gridiron football player
 * Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam.
 * Yaser Abdel Said (born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters
 * Yassir Abdul-Mohsen, Iraqi footballer
 * Yaser Salem Ali, Emirati footballer
 * Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader
 * Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yasser al-Azma, Syrian writer and actor
 * Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football defender
 * Yasser Al Borhamy (born 1958), Egyptian Muslim activist
 * Yasser Ibrahim Farag (born 1984), Egyptian shot putter
 * Yasser Al-Habib, Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV
 * Yasser el Halaby, Egyptian squash player
 * Yaser Kasim, Iraqi footballer
 * Yasser Khalil (born 1972), Egyptian journalist
 * Yasser Al Mosailem (born 1984), Saudi Arabian professional football player
 * Yasser Portuondo (born 1983), Cuban volleyball player
 * Yasir Qadhi, American Islamic Scholar of Pakistani origin
 * Yasser Al-Qahtani (born 1982), Saudi Arabian professional football player
 * Yassir Raad, Iraqi footballer
 * Yasser Abd Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician
 * Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1971), Iranian politician
 * Yasser Seirawan (born 1960), American chess player
 * Yasir Shah (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
 * Yaser Shigan, Syrian boxer
 * Yassir al-Sirri, Egyptian militant
 * Yaser Yıldız, Turkish footballer
 * Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian extra-judicial prisoner of the United States

Notable people with this surname

 * Ammar ibn Yasir, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
 * Hussein Yasser (born 1984), Egyptian-Qatari footballer
 * Ramadan Yasser (born 1980), Egyptian boxer