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 Mozammil Hayat (born 2005),Indian Writer

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 Al-Hayat Media Center, the media wing of the Islamic State Hayat (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper , 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)