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Yazid
يزيدIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Increase; one who adds more
- About the name
- Zinedine Zidane's full name is Zinedine Yazid Zidane. Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan was one of the principal commanders in the conquest of Syria in the 630s.
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Yazeed, Yazide, Yezid
Islamic naming guidance
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Borne by the companion and commander Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, and by the Umayyad caliph Yazid I, whose reign saw the death of Husayn ibn Ali; some families weigh that history when choosing the name.
Confidence: medium
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