Ziad

Ziad
Pronunciation	[ˈzi:.jaːd]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Language(s)	Arabic
Word/name	Middle East, Arabian Peninsula
Meaning	Abundance, Growth, Generous, Greater
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, Zijad
Related names	Zaid

Ziad (also transliterated as Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, or Zijad Arabic: زياد‎) is an Arabic given name and surname.

Given name

Actors

Zeyad Errafae'ie, Syrian television actor and voice actor

Athletes

Zeyad Abdulrazak, Kuwaiti hurdler
Zeyad Mater, Yemeni judoka
Zyad Chaabo, Syrian footballer
Ziad Jaziri, Tunisian football striker
Ziad Richa, Lebanese skeet shooter
Ziad Tlemçani, Tunisian footballer
Ziad Al-Muwallad, Saudi Arabian football defender
Ziyad Tariq Aziz Brisam, Iraqi football defender
Ziyad Al-Kord, Palestinian footballer
Ziyad Al-Sahafi, Saudi Arabian footballer
Zyad Jusić, Dutch football striker

Businessmen

Ziad Takieddine Lebanese-French businessman, alleged arms broker
Ziad Makkawi, Lebanese American investor
Ziyad Cattan, Iraqi Polish businessman, alleged arms dealer

Film directors

Ziad Antar, Lebanese filmmaker and photographer
Ziad Doueiri, Lebanese film director
Ziad Hamzeh, American film director
Ziad Touma, Lebanese Canadian film director

Writers

Ziad Majed, Lebanese political researcher
Ziyad Marar, Iraqi writer and publisher

Musicians

Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator

Poets

Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am, poet of the Umayyad period of Persian origin

Politicians

Ziad Aboultaif, Canadian politician
Ziad Abs, Lebanese politician
Ziad Abu Amr Palestinian politician, author, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Ziad Abu Ein, Palestinian politician
Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, Egyptian politician
Ziad Durrani, Pakistani politician
Ziad Makhzoumi, Lebanese British businessman and public speaker
Ziyad Baroud, Lebanese civil servant and civil society activist

Military

Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan, Muslim general
Ziyad ibn Abih (622–673 AD), Muslim general and administrator
Ziad Fahd, Free Syrian Army brigadier general
Ziad al-Hariri, Syrian senior officer and defense minister
Zijad Subašić, Bosniak military leader in Višegrad during the early stage of the Bosnian War (1992–95)

Other

Ziad Abuzayyad, Palestinian lawyer, journalist
Ziad Rafiq Beydoun, petroleum geologist and professor
Ziad Fazah, Lebanese polyglot
Ziad el-Doulatli, Tunisian activist
Ziad al-Khasawneh, Jordanian lawyer who headed a team of twenty-two defense lawyers for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese hijacker pilot involved in the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93
Ziyad Khaleel, also known as Khalil Ziyad, Ziyad Sadaqa, and Ziyad Abdulrahman, was a Palestinian-American al-Qaeda member
Zijad Delić, Bosnian Canadian imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker

Surname

Howar Ziad, Iraqi politician and ambassador
Hussein Ziad, Jordanian footballer
Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994), Palestinian politician well known for his "poetry of protest".

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