Yahia
Yahia or Yahya (written as يحيى in Arabic) is an Arabic given name and surname.
Yahia may refer to
Given name
- Yahia
- Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi (born c. 1965), political leader of the Zaidi rebels in Yemen
- Yahia Ben Bakr (born 9th century), an important Mozarab (Iberian Christian living under Muslim domination) figure in Medieval Portugal
- Yahia Ben Rabbi (c. 1150-1222), also known as Yahya Ha-Nasi, Yahya Ibn Yaish, Dom Yahia "o Negro", direct descendent of the Exilarchs of Babylon, the eponymous ancestor of the Ibn Yahya family
- Yehia El-Fakharany (born 1945), Egyptian TV and movie actor
- Yahia El-Mekachari (born 1990), Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer, Olympian
- Yahia Kébé (born 1985), Burkinabé football player
- Yahia Ouahabi (born 1940), Algerian football player
- Yahia Shakmak (born 1985), Libyan basketball player
- Yahia Turki (1903-1969), Tunisian painter
- Yahya
- Yahya, Muslim name of John the Baptist (See: link)
- Yahya (name), people with given name or surname Yahya
Surname
- Alaeddine Yahia (born 1981), French-Tunisian football player
- Antar Yahia (born 1982), Algerian football player
- Karim Naït Yahia (born 1980), Algerian football player
- Latif Yahia, Iraqi-born author and former combatant in the Iran-Iraq War. Reported body double of Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday Hussein
- Rafik Haj Yahia (1949-2000), Israeli Arab politician, member of the Knesset
See also
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