Faiz

Faiz meaning

Faiz (فیض) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.

Abundance; a large gift; also a river

Also used to mean: successful, victorious

Faiz (فیض) is the Urdu pronunciation of the Arabic fayḍ, from fāḍa, "it overflowed, poured forth from fullness, became abundant". Lane gives fayḍ as a river, or water that overflows, and also as abundance and a large gift; said of a man, it means bountiful. The verb occurs in the Quran at 5:83, of eyes overflowing with tears. Many name lists today give Faiz as "successful" or "victorious". That sense belongs to a different Arabic word, fāʾiz (فائز), from fāza, "he attained, gained or won", which is also written Faiz in English; the word فیض itself means overflowing abundance. Its best-known bearer is Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911–1984), the Urdu poet of the Progressive Writers' movement, famous among other things for his prison poems.

Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 6, p. 2473 · entry fayḍ (فَيْضٌ), root f-y-ḍ · See the entry
In the Quran: 5:83 (tafīḍu (تَفِيضُ)) · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon, fayḍ (فيض), p. 2473 · Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon, fāza and fāʾiza (فائز) · Quran 5:83 · Britannica, Faiz · Britannica, Islamic arts: Persian and Turkish poetry (prison poems) · Britannica, Gulzar (Progressive Writers' Association)

Famous namesakes

• Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911–1984), Urdu poet

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