Farhan or Farhaan (
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
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فرحان ''farḥān'') is a name of Persian origin meaning "happy, joyful, blessed, happy, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name
Farah, and is widely used in
West Asia
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,
North Africa
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and
SouthEast Asia
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Notable people with these names include:
Farhan
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Farhan Akhtar (born 1974), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host
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Farhan Farhan (born 1996), Bahraini swimmer
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Farhan Khan (actor) (born 1983), Indian actor
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Farhan Lalji, Canadian sports reporter
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Farhan Nizami, South Asian historian
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Farhan Saeed (born 1984), Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor
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Farhan Saleh
Farhan Farhan (born 24 October 1996) is a Bahraini swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Ol ...
(born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant
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Farhan Zaidi
Farhan Zaidi (born November 11, 1976) is a Canadian-American baseball executive who is currently the President of Baseball Operations for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.
Zaidi is one of two Muslim executives in Major League Bas ...
(born 1976), Canadian-American baseball executive of Pakistani descent
Farhaan
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Farhaan Behardien (born 1983), South African cricketer
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Farhaan Faasil
Ismail Fazil (born 26 May 1990), better known by his stage name Farhaan Fazil, is an Indian actor working in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in 2014 with ''Njan Steve Lopez'' directed by Rajeev Ravi. He is the younger son of filmmaker Fazil and ...
, stage name of Ismail Fazil (born 1990), Indian actor in Malayalam cinema
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Farhaan Sayanvala
Farhaan Sayanvala (born 8 July 1997) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Gauteng against Eastern Province in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 23 September 2016. Prior to his T20 debut he was named in South Africa's squad for ...
(born 1997), South African cricketer
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