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Hayat or Hayet is an Arabic word which means "life".

People

Given name

• Hayat Abdullayeva (1912–2006), Azerbaijani sculptor
• Hayat Ahmed (born 1982), Ethiopian model
• Hayat Alyaqout (born 1981), Kuwaiti writer
• Hayat Ansari (born 1997), Indian cricketer
• Hayat Bakshi Begum (died 1667), royal consort
• Hayat Boumeddiene (born 1988), common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting in France in 2015
• Hayat Ali Shah Bukhari (1949–2020), Pakistani film artist, dramatist, and film director
• Hayat Al-Fahad (1948–2026), Kuwaiti actress
• Hayat El Garaa (born 1996), Moroccan para-athlete
• Hayat El Ghazi (born 1979), Moroccan hammer thrower
• Hayat Kabasakal, Turkish management academic
• Hayat Ahmad Khan (1921–2005), Pakistani musicologist
• Hayat Lambarki (born 1988), Moroccan hurdler
• Hayat Mahmud, Bengali feudal lord and military commander
• Hayat Mamud (born 1939), Bangladeshi essayist-poet
• Hayat Mirshad (born 1988), Lebanese feminist journalist and activist
• Hayat Saif (1942–2019), Bengali poet and literary critic
• Hayat Sharara (1935–1997), Iraqi writer, translator, and educator
• Hayat Sherpao (1937–1975), Pakistani politician
• Hayat Sindi (born 1967), Saudi Arabian biotechnologist
• Hayat Toubal (born 1985), Algerian chess player
• Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760), medieval Bengali poet

Middle name

• Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri (1956–2011), Pakistani politician
• Adnan Hayat Noon, Pakistani politician
• Akhtar Hayat Gandapur, Pakistani police officer
• Ayn al-Hayat Ahmad (1858–1910), Egyptian princess
• Hassan Azhar Hayat Khan, Pakistani general
• Khizar Hayat Tiwana (1900–1975), British Indian statesman
• Muhammad Hayat Khan (1833–1901), British Indian landlord, politician, and author
• Raza Hayat Hiraj (born 1965), Pakistani politician
• Shaukat Hayat Khan (1915–1998), Pakistani politician and military officer
• Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942), British Indian politician
• Sikandar Hayat Khan (Azad Kashmir politician) (1934–2021), Pakistani politician
• Yawar Hayat Khan (1943–2016), Pakistani television producer

Surname

• Abdul Hayat (born 1944), Bangladeshi actor
• Ahsan Saleem Hayat (born 1948), Pakistani general
• Amir Hayat (born 1982), Emirati cricketer
• Anupam Hayat, Bangladeshi film critic
• Bipasha Hayat (born 1971), Bangladeshi actress
• Faisal Saleh Hayat (born 1952), Pakistani politician
• Hamid and Umer Hayat, Pakistani-American terrorists
• Kazi Hayat (born 1947/48), Bangladeshi actor and director
• Khizar Hayat (born 1989), Pakistani-born Malaysian cricketer
• Khizer Hayat (1939–2025), Pakistani cricketer and umpire
• Khizir Hayat (born 1967), Bangladeshi judge
• Mahmood Hayat (born 1981), Pakistani artist and teacher
• Malik Asif Hayat, chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan
• Mehwish Hayat (born 1988), Pakistani actress
• Muhammad Umar Hayat (born 1996), Pakistani footballer
• Rana Muhammad Hayat (born 1950), Pakistani politician
• Shaukat Hayat (1950–2021), Indian writer
• Sofia Hayat (born 1974), British-Indian model and actress
• Zafar Hayat (born 1927), Pakistani field hockey player
• Zubair Mahmood Hayat (born 1960), Pakistani general

Places

• Hayat, Algeria, a city in Algeria
• Həyat, a village in Kalbajar Rayon, Azerbaijan
• Menzel Hayet, a town and commune in the Monastir Governorate, Tunisia
• Seyyed Ramazan, also known as Hāyeţ, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

Arts and media

Television

• Hayat TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina), a Bosnian TV network and TV channel founded in 1992
• Hayat TV (Turkey), a Turkish TV channel
• Hayat Folk, a Bosnian music TV channel dedicated to traditional "Sevdalinka" songs (founded in 2012)
• Hayat Music, a Bosnian music TV channel dedicated to world and Bosnian popular music (founded in 2012)
• Hayat Plus, a Bosnian satellite channel by Hayat TV (also known as Hayat Sat)

Media

• Al-Hayat, originally a Lebanese, then a pan-Arab newspaper
• Hayat (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper
• Həyat, an Azerbaijani newspaper published between 1905 and 1906

See also

• Hayati (disambiguation)
• Hyatt (disambiguation)
• Chait
• Chayat
• Khayat
• Al Khayat
• Hayyoth (names)
• Chaya (Hebrew given name)
• Eve (name)