Yaqut, sometimes transliterated Yāḳūt or Yācūt, is the Arabic word for ruby. As a personal name, it may refer to:
- Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229), Muslim biographer and geographer of Greek origin
- Yaqut al-Musta'simi, calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph
- Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut, confidante of the first female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate in India
