Given name & surname
Yazid
“one who strives to better himself”·“God will add”
Yazid is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who strives to better himself” (Arabic) and “God will add” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who strives to better himself” (Arabic) and “God will add” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yazid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 407
- 407 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,044 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,044 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 380 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yazid’s family of names
Yazid has a related form in Yazeed. Yazid has a related form in Yazeede. Yazid has a related form in Yazeid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yazeedvariant
- Yazeidevariant
- Yazeidvariant
- Yaziedevariant
- Yaziedvariant
- Yazydevariant
- Yazydvariant
- Yazeedevariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yazid
- Yazid Isecond caliph of the Umayyad caliphate (646-683)
- Yazid IIIUmayyad caliph in 744701–744
- Yazid IIUmayyad caliph687–724
- Yazid MansouriAlgerian footballerborn 1978
- Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan7th-century Arab military commander
- Yazid ibn al-MuhallabUmayyad provincial governor (672–720)673–720
- Yazeed Al-RajhiBusinessman & Racing Driverborn 1981
- Yazid ibn Hatim al-MuhallabiAbbasid Governor699–787
- Yazid ibn Umar ibn HubayraUmayyad provincial governor and military leader (died 750)703–750
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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