Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yaseer, Yasir, or Yassir; ) is an Arabic male name meaning "to be of ease" or "of wealth".

Given name

  • Yasir Abdullah (born 2000), American football player
  • Yaser Abdel Said (born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters
  • Yasser Abd Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician and Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee
  • Yassir Abdul-Mohsen (born 1988), Iraqi football player
  • Yasser Abu Shabab (1993–2025), Palestinian militia leader
  • Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian politician, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), multiple people.
  • Yasser al-Azma (born 1942), Syrian writer and actor
  • Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football player
  • Yasser Al Borhamy (born 1958), Egyptian Muslim activist and Salafist leader
  • Yasser Al-Habib (born 1979), Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV
  • Yasser Ibrahim Farag (born 1984), Egyptian shot putter
  • Yasser el Halaby (born 1984), Egyptian squash player
  • Yaser Kasim (born 1991), Iraqi footballer
  • Yasser Khalil (born 1972), Egyptian journalist
  • Yasser Al Mosailem (born 1984), Saudi Arabian football player.
  • Yasir Naqvi (born 1973), Canadian politician from Ontario
  • Yasir ibn Amir, known in the Islamic traditions as an early martyr
  • Yasir Qadhi (born 1975), American Islamic scholar of Pakistani origin
  • Yasser Al-Qahtani (born 1982), Saudi Arabian football player
  • Yassir Raad (born 1983), Iraqi football player
  • Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1971), Iranian politician
  • Yaser Salem Ali (born 1977), Emirati football player
  • Yasser Seirawan (born 1960), American chess grandmaster
  • Yasir Shah (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
  • Yaser Shigan (born 1976), Syrian boxer
  • Yassir al-Sirri, Egyptian militant
  • Yaser Yıldız (born 1988), Turkish football player
  • Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian extra-judicial prisoner of the United States

Surname

  • Ammar ibn Yasir (died 657), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
  • Emelia Yassir (born 2003), Australian footballer
  • Hussein Yasser (born 1984), Egyptian-Qatari footballer
  • Omar Yaser Ismail (born 2005), Palestinian taekwondo athlete
  • Ramadan Yasser (born 1980), Egyptian boxer

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