All around the world, Riyad (رياض 
, Riyad 
, ריאד 
, among others...) is a widespread principally masculine, but scarcely girly forename. The forename Riyad is characteristic of Iraq, where it is a common masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Algeria, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Iraq, Algeria, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Riyad is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| رياض | Syria, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq |
| Riyad | Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh |
| ריאד | Israel |
| Риад | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia |
| Рияд | Kazakhstan, Russia |
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riyad naasan agha former minister of culture of Syria, SY (b. 1947) |
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| riyad ghali Egyptian diplomat (1919-1978) (b. 1919) |
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| riyad türk (b. 1930) |
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riyad mahrez Algerian association football player, FR (b. 1991) |
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| riyad al-saleh al-hussein Syrian poet (b. 1952) |
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| riyad vinci wadia Indian film director, IN (b. 1967) |
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| riyad said aboutaha Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 1994 |
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| riyad f alzhrani researcher |
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| riyad ismail researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-5020-4579 |
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| riyad al-shaqi researcher |
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| riyad hanafi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2282-5081) |
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| riyad hamzah Bahraini academic |
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| riyad manasrah researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-9131-6227 |
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| riyad bendardaf researcher |
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| riyad king college basketball player (1999–2000) Hartford |
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