Faiyaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fye-YAHZ
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Faiyaz is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous, overflowing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Faiyaz mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fayyad, as said in South Asia
“generous, overflowing”
Is Faiyaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Faiyaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faiyaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 320% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Faiyaz, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Faiyaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Faiyaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Faiyaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Fahad Fawaz Umar Muhammad Faiz Ahmed Raheem Zayyan Zahir Habib Hammad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Faiyaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faiyaz, updated 20 October 2026.