Iyad
Iyad is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Iyad Jamal Al-Din, prominent Iraqi intellectual, politician and religious cleric
- Iyad Al-Khatib, Jordanian football player
- Abdallah Iyad Barghouti, Palestinian leading commander in Hamas' armed wing in the West Bank
- Iyad Burnat, leads Bil'in's non-violent struggle in the West Bank
- Iyad Ag Ghaly, Tuareg militant from Mali's Kidal Region
- Iyad ibn Ghanm, Arab general important in the Muslim conquests of al-Jazira and northern Syria
- Iyad Abu Gharqoud, Palestinian professional footballer
- Abu Ali Iyad, senior Palestinian field commander based in Syria and Jordan during the 1960s and early 1970s
- Abu Iyad, deputy chief and head of intelligence for the Palestine Liberation Organization
- Qadi Iyad, a Sunni polymath, theologian, historian, poet, and genealogist
- İyad el-Baghdadi, Palestinian-Norwegian writer
- Iyad bin Amin Madani, Saudi public figure who served in different cabinet posts
- Iyad Mando, Syrian footballer
- Iyad Rahwan, Syrian-Australian scientist
- Iyad Sughayer, Jordanian-Palestinian classical pianist
- Iyad Khalil Zaki, Iraqi Army General