Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Yazid

yah-ZEED · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
to increase; growth
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
classic · historical
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4861
2024 births21
Peak year2010
First appeared1994
Total US births380
2010 peak19942002200920172024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yaz
Alternate spellings
YazeedYezidYazide
In other languages
Yezit (Turkish)Yazid (Persian)

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Notable people named Yazid

Yazid I (Umayyad caliph)