Ayaz (name)
Ayaz, Iyaz, or Ayas, meaning cool breeze, is both a surname and a masculine given name. The latter use was common in the Ghaznavid and Seljuk empires. The Turkic-origin Ayaz should not be confused with the Arabic-derived name Ayyad/Ayyaz, though the latter is also sometimes transliterated as Ayaz, such as with Ayaz Marhoni or Ayaz Ishaqi. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Fareed Ayaz, Pakistani Qawwal
- Ferhad Ayaz, Swedish football player
- Mahmood Ayaz, Pakistani surgeon
- Malik Ayaz, Georgian slave
- Shaikh Ayaz, Pakistani poet
Given name
- Ayaz Ahmed, Indian television actor
- Ayaz Akhmetshin, Russian professional Valorant player better known as nAts
- Ayaz Amir, Pakistani journalist
- Ayaz Khan, Indian actor
- Ayaz Memon, Indian journalist,
- Ayaz Mütallibov, Soviet politician