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{{wiktionary|يزيد}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Yazid <br> يزيد
| image= File:يزيد بن عبد الملك.png
| imagesize=
| caption=Calligraphic representation of [[Yazid II]] name, Yazid II was the powerful Islamic leader in eighth century
| pronunciation= [jaziːd], <br> "Yazeed"
| gender = Male
| meaning = Addition, <br>Increase
| region = [[Arabia]] ([[Middle East]])
| origin = Semitic (Arabic)
| footnotes =
| wikt =
}}
'''Yazīd''' ({{langx|ar|يزيد|links=no}}, "increasing", "adding more") is an Arabic name and may refer to:
==Given name==
* [[Yazid I]] (647–683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah
* [[Yazid II]] (687–724), Umayyad caliph
* [[Yazid III]] (701–744), Umayyad caliph
* [[Yazeed Abulaila]] (born 1993), Jordanian footballer
* [[Yazid Kaïssi]] (born 1981), French-born Moroccan footballer
* [[Yazid Mansouri]] (born 1978), French-born Algerian footballer
* [[Yazid ibn al-Muhallab]] (672–720), Umayyad governor
* [[Yazid of Morocco]] (1750–1792), Sultan of Morocco
* [[Yazid Sabeg]] (born 1950), French businessman
* [[Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan]] (died 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I, and companion of Muhammad
* [[Yazid Sufaat]] (born 1964), suspected militant
* [[Yazid Zerhouni]] (1937-2020), Algerian politician
* [[Zinedine Zidane]] (Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 1972), French footballer and manager
* [[Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas]] (born 1963), Indonesian Salafist preacher.
* [[Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari]] (died 750)
* [[Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi]] (died 787)
* [[Yazid ibn Abdallah al-Hulwani]] ({{floruit|856–867}}), Abbasid military governor of Egypt
* [[Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani]] (died {{circa|801}}), Abbasid military general and governor
* [[Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami]] ({{floruit|750–780}}), Abbasid military general in Armenia
* [[Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq]]
* [[Yazid ibn Jarir al-Qasri]]
* [[Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki]]
* [[Yazid ibn Ziyad]]
* [[Yazid ibn Khalid al-Qasri]]
* [[Yazid ibn Abi Muslim]]
==Surname==
* [[Abu Yazid]] (873–947), Kharijite Berber of the Banu Ifran tribe
* [[Mhamed Yazid]] (1923–2003), Algerian independence activist and politician
==See also==
* [[Yazidis]], an ethnoreligious group
* [[Yezidi (script)]], a historic Kurdish alphabet
** [[Yezidi (Unicode block)]], a Unicode block containing letters of the Yezidi script
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