Zayd (name)

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Zayd (زيد) also transliterated as Zaid or Zeid is an Arabic name, meaning abundance or growth or "one who progresses and makes other people progress". Not to be confused with the name Sa'id.

A famous person named Zayd in Islam is Zayd ibn Harithah, who was the orphan boy fostered by Muslim Prophet Muhammad, who treated him as if he was his own son to the extent that he was called 'Zaid Ibn Muhammad', which means 'Zaid the son of Muhammad'. "Zaid Ibn Muhammad" is also the only Sahaba mentioned by name in the Qur'an.

People named so include:

• Zayd ibn Umar
• Zayd bin Ali
• Zayd ibn al-Khattab
• Zayd ibn Harithah
• Zayd ibn Arqam
• Zaid ibn Ammar Al-Balushi
• Zayd Shakir
• Zayd ibn Thabit
• Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein

"Abu Zayd" means "father of Zayd". Among people who have a nickname including "Zayd" are:

• Abu Zayd al-Hilali
• Nasr Abu Zayd
• John Abizaid

People with the Patronymic "Zayd" include:

• Sa'id ibn Zayd
• Usama ibn Zayd

See also Zaydid.

[edit] See also

• Arabic name
• List of Arabic names