Abu Zayd could refer to:

• Ab Zayd Abdu r-Ra man bin Mu ammad bin Khald n Al-Hadrami (1332–1406), Arab polymath
• Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (b. 850), Persian Muslim polymath
• Abu Zayd Hassan, 9 c. merchant known for leaving an account on the Guangzhou massacre
• Abu Zayd al-Hilali, 11th-century Arab leader
• Ab Zayd unayn ibn Is q al- Ib d (809–873), Nestorian scholar, physician, and scientist
• Ab Zayd ibn Mu ammad ibn Ab Zayd (fl. 1186 - 1219), Persian potter

Modernity

• Abu Zayd al-Hilali (film), 1947 Egyptian film about the 11th century Arab leader
• Abuzed Omar Dorda (b. 1944), Libyan prime minister and permanent representative to the United Nations
• Hikmat Abu Zayd (b. 1922), Egyptian Minister of Social Affairs and first female cabinet member
• Nasr Abu Zayd, (b. 1943, d. 2010), an Egyptian Qur'anic scholar persecuted for his liberal interpretation of Islam
• Abu Zaid Al-Kuwaiti (d. 2005), Kuwaiti Salafist Jihad fighter and suspected al-Qaeda agent