Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name.

Notable people with this given name

Yasir ibn Amir Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsīy ( ar, يَاسِر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْعَنْسِيّ) (sixth/seventh century C.E.) was an early companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the second martyr in Isla ...

(died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam. *

Yaser Abdel Said Yaser Abdel Said ( ar, ياسر عبد السعيد; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American former taxi driver and convicted murderer. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, Amina ...

(born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters *

Yassir Abdul-Mohsen Yassir Abdul-Mohsen ( ar, ياسر عبد المحسن, born May 27, 1988, in Baghdad, Iraq), is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a right winger for Al-Naft in Iraqi Premier League. International debut On December 3, 2012, Yassir made his full ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Yaser Salem Ali Yaser Salem Salah Ali ( ar, ياسر سالم صلاح علي; born 5 December 1977) is an Emirati retired footballer who played as a forward for Emirati clubs Al Wahda and Baniyas. He earned 36 caps for the United Arab Emirates national team, ...

, Emirati footballer Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) was Palestinian leader like his brother Dr. Fathi Arafat aka men of pea

* Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), multiple people *

Yasser al-Azma Yasser al-Azmeh ( ar, ياسر العظمة; born 16 May 1942) is a prominent Syrian writer and actor of television and theater from Damascus. He is a member of the highly notable Al-Azmeh Damascene family. Al-Azmeh is best known for the popular ...

, Syrian writer and actor * Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football defender *

Yasser Al Borhamy Yasser Borhami is an Egyptian Salafi Yasser Ibrahim Farag Yasser Ibrahim Farag ( ar, ياسر ابراهيم فرج, born May 2, 1984) is an Egyptian athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw events. Biography He has also taken part in discus throw competitions. In 2003 he was the Egypti ...

(born 1984), Egyptian shot putter *

Yasser Al-Habib Sheikh Yasser al-Habib ( ar, ياسر الحبيب born 20 January 1979) is a Kuwaiti Twelver Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer ...

, Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV * Yasser el Halaby, Egyptian squash player *

Yaser Kasim Yaser Safa Kasim Al-Kadefaje ( ar, ياسر قاسم; born 10 May 1991) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Welling United. Early life At age 6 Kasim left Iraq with his family to Jordan and after spending a year in Jordan where ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Yasser Khalil Yasser Khalil (born September 28, 1972) is an Egyptian journalist. Biography Since 1996, Yasser Khalil has covered political and cultural affairs in Egypt. He is the founder of the Kbret Network, the first bloggers' network in the Middle East.cit ...

(born 1972), Egyptian journalist *

Yasser Al Mosailem Yasser Abdullah Nasser Al-Mosailem ( ar, ياسر عبد الله ناصر المسيليم; born 27 February 1984) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ahli and the Saudi Arabian national team. Career Bo ...

(born 1984), Saudi Arabian professional football player *

Yasser Portuondo Yasser Portuondo (born February 2, 1983) is a male volleyball player from Cuba. He was a member of the Men's National Team that claimed the silver at the 2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominic ...

(born 1983), Cuban volleyball player *

Yasir Qadhi Yasir Qadhi (born January 30, 1975), is an American preacher, theologian, and imam. Since 2001, he has served as Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute, an international Islamic educational institution with a center in Houston, Tex ...

, American Islamic Scholar of Pakistani origin * Yasser Al-Qahtani (born 1982), Saudi Arabian professional football player *

Yassir Raad Yassir Raad Mohammed ( ar, ياسر رعد محمد) (born 25 June 1983 in Iraq) is an Iraqi defender who plays for Sulaymaniya FC. The left-side Al-Zawraa player is capable of playing in defence, as well as midfield. Yassir has been one of th ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Yasser Abd Rabbo Yasser Abed Rabbo ( ar, ياسر عبد ربه) also known by his '' kunya'', Abu Bashar ( ar, ابو بشار) (born 17 September 1945) is a Palestinian politician and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee. ...

(born 1944), Palestinian politician *

Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, یاسر هاشمی رفسنجانی; born 1971) is the youngest son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of Iran. Biography In 1989, he graduated from Nikan High School in Tehran, which was funded b ...

(born 1971), Iranian politician * Yasser Seirawan (born 1960), American chess player * Yasir Shah (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer *

Yaser Shigan Yaser Shigan (born August 17, 1976) is a Syrian boxer, who won the only gold medal for Syria at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. In the final of the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) he defeated former Romanian ...

, Syrian boxer *

Yassir al-Sirri Yasser Tawfiq Ali El-Sirri (ياسر توفيق علي السري) ( kunya ''Abu Ammar'') is an Egyptian militant connected to the Vanguards of Conquest and al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya, sentenced to death in the 1998 Returnees from Albania trial. Brachm ...

, Egyptian militant *

Yaser Yıldız Yaser Yıldız (born June 1, 1988 in Adapazarı, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for Vanspor. He scored the finishing goal against Bellinzona what ended 2–1 win for Galatasaray in first round UEFA Cup. Honours * Galat ...

, Turkish footballer * Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian extra-judicial prisoner of the United States

Notable people with this surname

Ammar ibn Yasir Abū 'l-Yaqẓān ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsīy al-Maḏḥiǧī ( ar, أبو اليقظان عمار ابن ياسر ابن عامر ابن مالك العنسي المذحجي) also known as Abū 'l-Yaqẓān ʿAmmār i ...

, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad * Hussein Yasser (born 1984), Egyptian-Qatari footballer * Ramadan Yasser (born 1980), Egyptian boxer {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names Pakistani masculine given names Urdu-language surnames