Kazi is a family name in Bengal which originates from the Arabic qadi meaning 'judge' and is typically used among Muslims. Kazi (), also spelt Qazi and Quazi, is a title awarded to Islamic judges, commonly used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name.
Notable individuals
Given name
- Kazi Abdul Baset (1935âÂÂ2002), painter
- Kazi Abdul Majid (1910-??), former MNA
- Kazi Abdul Odud (1894âÂÂ1970), Bangladeshi writer
- Kazi Abdur Rashid (1932âÂÂ2014), politician
- Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara (born 1962), politician
- Kazi Abu Bakar Siddiky Riton (born 1977), director, producer and actor
- Kazi Abul Kasem (1913âÂÂ2003), Indian cartoonist and writer
- Kazi Abul Kashem, politician
- Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad Siddique (1924âÂÂ2004), founding member of the Bangladesh Awami League
- Kazi Alauddin, politician
- Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970), publisher and businessman
- Kazi Anowar Hossain (1941âÂÂ2007), painter
- Kazi Anwar Hossain (born 1957), footballer
- Kazi Aref Ahmed (1942âÂÂ1999), president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
- Kazi Azizul Islam (died 1971), civil servant
- Kazi Bashir, actor
- Kazi Dawa Samdup (1868âÂÂ1923), Indian translator and writer
- Kazi Firoz Rashid (born 1947), politician
- Kazi Golam Mahbub (1927âÂÂ2006), Bangladeshi politician
- Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891âÂÂ1984), knight and politician
- Kazi Golam Morshed, politician
- Kazi Habibul Awal (born 1956), 13th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
- Kazi Hasibul Haque (born 1986), cricketer
- Kazi Hayat (born 1947), Bangladeshi film director
- Kazi Jalil Abbasi (1912âÂÂ1996), Indian politician
- Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi (born 1963), cricketer
- Kazi Kader Newaj (1909âÂÂ1983), Bangladeshi poet
- Kazi Kamrul Islam (born 1987), cricketer
- Kazi Kamruzzaman, paediatric surgeon and social worker
- Kazi Kaniz Sultana (born 1961), politician
- Kazi Keramat Ali (born 1954), former State Minister of Technical Education
- Kazi Khademul Islam (1925âÂÂ1990), politician and doctor
- Kazi Khaleda Khatun (1939âÂÂ2013), language activist
- Kazi Khaleed Ashraf (born 1959), architect, urbanist and architectural historian
- Kazi Khalek (1915âÂÂ1970), actor
- Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (1904âÂÂ2007), Indian politician
- Kazi Masum Akhtar (born 1971), educator
- Kazi Misbahun Nahar, doctor
- Kazi Mobin-Uddin (1930âÂÂ1999), American surgeon
- Kazi Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat (born 1986), footballer
- Kazi Mohammed Shafiullah (1934âÂÂ2025), former Chief of Army Staff
- Kazi Monirul Huda, advocate and politician
- Kazi Monirul Islam Manu (born 1952), politician
- Kazi Morshed (1950âÂÂ2014), film director
- Kazi Mozammel Haque, politician
- Kazi Muhammad Anowar Hossain (1955âÂÂ2017), politician
- Kazi Muhammad Badruddoza (1927âÂÂ2023), scientist
- Kazi Muhammad Ejarul Haque Akhand (born 1971), High Court justice
- Kazi Muhammad Monzur-i-Mowla (1940âÂÂ2020), author and former director general of Bangla Academy
- Kazi Nabil Ahmed (born 1969), director of Gemcon Group and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899âÂÂ1976), Bangladeshi poet
- Kazi Nuruzzaman (1927âÂÂ2017), politician
- Kazi Nuruzzaman Bir Uttom (1925âÂÂ2011), lieutenant colonel
- Kazi Rabbi-ul-Hasan, politician
- Kazi Rafiqul Islam, politician
- Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad (born 1943), former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
- Kazi Sahabuddin Ahmed, advocate and politician
- Kazi Sahera Anwara Shammi Sheer, politician
- Kazi Salahuddin (born 1953), Bangladeshi football player and manager
- Kazi Sanaul Hoq (born 1961), former chairman of Rupali Bank
- Kazi Sarwar Hossain, rear admiral
- Kazi Sekendar Ali Dalim (1945âÂÂ2020), politician
- Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad (born 1956), politician
- Kazi Shahidun Nabi (1941âÂÂ2018), 9th Attorney General of Bangladesh
- Kazi Shamsur Rahman (1937âÂÂ2006), politician
- Kazi Sharif Kaikobad (born 1965), former director general of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party
- Kazi Sirajul Islam (born 1940), politician
- Kazi Yunus Ahmed (born 1980), kabaddi player
- Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939âÂÂ2015), Bangladeshi politician and Prime Minister
- Kazi Zainul Abedin (1892âÂÂ1962), Pakistani poet
- Kazi Zaker Husain (1931âÂÂ2011), zoologist
- Qazi Abdul Alim (1933âÂÂ2007), athlete and sports organiser
- Qazi Abu Zafar Mohammed Hasan Siddiqui (1940âÂÂ2012), cultural activist
- Qazi Afsaruddin Ahmed (1921âÂÂ1975), journalist and writer
- Qazi Azizul Haque (1872âÂÂ1935), inventor
- Qazi Azizul Mowla, 5th vice-chancellor of Leading University
- Qazi Fazilat (1541âÂÂ1545), governor of Bengal
- Qazi Fazlur Rahman (1932âÂÂ2025), former Minister of Irrigation
- Qazi Heyat Mahmud (1693âÂÂ1760), poet and judge
- Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (born 1940), thinker and chairman of Dhaka School of Economics
- Qazi Mahabub Ahmed, politician
- Qazi Manzaral Islam Rana (1984âÂÂ2007), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933âÂÂ2013), Islamic scholar and principal of Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh
- Qazi Nur Ahmed Saudagar (1890âÂÂ1964), politician and lawyer
- Qazi Onik (born 1999), cricketer
- Qazi Ziaur Rashid Rupam (born 1968), cricketer
- Quazi Deen Mohammad, founding director of National Institute of Neurosciences
- Quazi Golam Dastgir (1932âÂÂ2008), army general and diplomat
- Quazi Mahfujul Haque Supan, member of the Yunus ministry
- Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (born 1993), cricketer
- Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque (born 1958), High Court justice
- Quazi Rosy (1949âÂÂ2022), poet and parliamentarian
- Quazi Saleemul Huq Kamal (born 1951), businessman
- Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir (born 1951), army officer
- Quazi Sazzad Hossain (born 1968), former vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
- Quazi Syque Caesar (born 1990), gymnast and coach
- Quazi Tarikul Islam (born 1954), physician and academic
Surname
Families
- Qazi family of Lakhnauti
- Qazi family of Tetulia, Satkhira
- Qazi family of Bagmara, Rajbari
- Kazi Abdul Wadud (1894âÂÂ1970), essayist and critic
- Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897âÂÂ1981), writer and scientist
- Qazi Sanjida Khatun (1933âÂÂ2025), musicologist
- Qazi Anwar Hussain (1936âÂÂ2022), novelist
- Qazi Fahmida Khatun, singer
- Kazi family of Baligaon, Feni
- Kazi Ebadul Haque (1936âÂÂ2022), judge
- Kazi Zinat Hoque (born 1974), High Court justice
- Kazi family of Tungipara, Gopalganj
- Qazi Abu Yusuf, physician and politician
- Kazi Zafarullah (born 1947), politician
- Kazi Shahidullah (1952/53âÂÂ2025), chairman of University Grants Commission
- Qazi family of Bilbilash, Patuakhali
- Sher-e-Bangla Qazi Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq (1873âÂÂ1962), Prime Minister of Bengal
- Qazi Abul Kalam Faezul Huq (1944âÂÂ2007), politician and lawyer
- Qazi family of Bhirich Khan, Munshiganj
- Qazi Azizul Haque (1919âÂÂ2012), first translator of Sahih al-Bukhari into Bengali
- Qazi Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969), Islamic scholar
- Qazi Mamunul Haque (born 1973), Islamic scholar
- Qazi family of Cheora, Comilla
- Nawab Qazi Musharraf Hussain (1871âÂÂ1966), lawyer and philanthropist
- Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939âÂÂ2015), Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Kazi Zahirul Qayyum, politician
- Kazi family of Churulia, Burdwan
- Qazi Nazrul Islam (1899âÂÂ1976), national poet of Bangladesh
- Kazi Sabyasachi (1928âÂÂ1979), elocutionist
- Khilkhil Kazi, singer
- Qazi family of Gadaipur, Khulna
- Khan Bahadur Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882âÂÂ1926), writer and educationist
- Kazi Anwarul Haque (1909âÂÂ2001), police officer, bureaucrat, and technocrat minister
- Qazi family of Manoharpur, Jhenaidah
- Qazi Golam Mostofa (1897âÂÂ1964), writer and poet
- Qazi Mustafa Monwar (born 1935), painter, sculptor, radio performer and professor
- Qazi family of Mullahbari, Natore
- Mullah Qazi Muhammad Shamez Uddin Ahmed (1913âÂÂ1968), Qazi of Natore
- Qazi Muhammad Shahid Sarwar Azam Shah Jahan (born 1952), retired colonel
- Sahibzada Qazi Sanwar Azam Sunny (born 1989), environmental activist
- Kazi family of Churulia
- Kazi family of Nilphamari
- Kazi Abdul Kader (1914âÂÂ2002), Minister of Agriculture
- Kazi Faruque Kader, politician
- Kazi family of Rajapur, Faridpur
- Nawab Kazi Abdul Lateef (1828âÂÂ1893), aristocrat and educator
- Kazi Abu Muhammad Abdul Ghafur Nassakh (1834âÂÂ1889), magistrate and writer
- Kazi Abul Monsur (1918âÂÂ1996), microbiologist and physician
- Kazi Salahuddin (born 1953), president of South Asian Football Federation
- Kazi Shahidul Alam (born 1955), photojournalist and social activist
- Kazi family of Tarail, Gopalganj
- Kazi Hayat (born 1947), film director, producer, writer and actor
- Kazi Maruf (born 1983), film actor
See also
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