Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
in
Arabic,
Persian or
Urdu.
Arabic
Farah (
Arabic:
فَرَح , ''faraḥ'') is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice"
The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are:
* Faruh/ Farouh (
Arabic:
فَرُوح, ''farūḥ'') - male given name
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Farhat/ Farhaat (
Arabic:
فَرْحَات, ''farḥāt'') - male given name (but the written form is in the female plural form), the female form below is Farhah.
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Farhan/ Farhaan (
Arabic:
فَرْحَان, ''farḥān'') - male given name
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Afrah/ Afraah (
Arabic:
أَفْرَاح, ''afrāḥ'') - female given name in the plural or
superlative
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form
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Fariha/ Fareeha (
Arabic:
فَرِيحَة, ''farīḥah'') - female given name
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Farhah (
Arabic:
فَرْحَة, ''farḥah'') - female given name, the female form of Farhaat above
* Farhah/ Faarhah (
Arabic:
فَارْحَة, ''fārḥah'') -
gender-neutral form, uncommonly used
* Farah/ Faarah (
Arabic:
فَارَح, ''fāraḥ'') -
gender-neutral form, uncommonly used
Persian
Farah (
Arabic: فَرَح , ''faraḥ''), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above.
Farrah/ Khwarrah (
Pahlavi
Pahlavi may refer to:
Iranian royalty
*Seven Parthian clans, ruling Parthian families during the Sasanian Empire
*Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house of Imperial State of Persia/Iran from 1925 until 1979
**Reza Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944 ...
: ''xwarrah'') or Khvaraenah (
Avestan
Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scrip ...
: ), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in
Zoroastrian texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic.
People with the given name
Farah
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Farah (actress) (), Indian actress
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Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Turkish actress
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Farah Damji
Farah Damji (born 9 October 1966), also known as Farah Dan, is a Uganda-born criminal, with multiple convictions pertaining to fraud and stalking, in the United States, South Africa, and United Kingdom.
Early life
Damji was born in Uganda in 1 ...
(born 1966), British criminal
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Farah Fath (born 1984), American actress
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Farah Guled 3rd Grand Sultan of the
Isaaq clan
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Farah Hussein
Farah Hussein (born 7 October 2001) is an Egyptian artistic gymnast.
Hussein competed at the 2019 African Games
The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were ...
(born 2001), Egyptian gymnast
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Farah Ali Jama
Farah Ali Jama ( so, Faarax Cali Jaamac, ar, فرح علي جامع) is a Somali economist and politician. From January 2009 to January 2014, he served as the Minister of Finance of Puntland.
Personal life
Jama hails from the autonomous Puntland ...
, Somali economist and politician
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Farah Khan (born 1965), Indian choreographer and director
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Farah Mendlesohn, British academic
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Farah Nur
Farah Nur ( so, Faarax Nuur) (1862 – 1932) was a famed Somali poet and warrior of the Arap Isaaq clan.
Poetry
Farah's poetry had deep meaning and he was known for his eloquence and ability to cover a breadth of topics.
Aakhiru Sabaan
The po ...
warrior and poet of the
Isaaq clan
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Farah Pahlavi (born 1938), Iranian empress consort
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Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
Farrah
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Farrah Abraham (born 1991), American television personality
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Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Leni Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she playe ...
(1947–2009), American actress
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Farrah Franklin
Farrah Laron Franklin (born May 3, 1981) is an American R&B singer and actress. She is also a former member of the girl group Destiny's Child. Along with Michelle Williams, she replaced the group's original members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya L ...
(born 1981), American singer
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Farrah Forke
Farrah Rachael Forke (January 12, 1968 – February 25, 2022) was an American actress known for her roles as Alex Lambert on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'', and Mayson Drake on '' Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. She also voiced the c ...
(born 1968), American actress
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Farrah Hall
Farrah Hall (born November 1, 1981 in Annapolis, Maryland) is an American sports sailor. She competes in RS:X, a windsurfing discipline.
Hall graduated from Broadneck High School in Annapolis in 1999 and from St. Mary's College of Maryland i ...
(born 1981), American sports sailor
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Farrah Moan (born 1993), American drag queen and entertainer
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Farrah Yousef
Farrah Yousef ( ar, فرح يوسف) (born July 20, 1989) is a Syrian singer who was the first runner-up on the second season of the television program ''Arab Idol'' in 2013. (born 1989), Syrian singer
People with the surname
Farah
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Abdulrahim Abby Farah
Abdulrahim Abby Farah ( so, Cabdiraxiim Caabbi Faarax, ar, عبد الرحيم آبي فرح; October 22, 1919 – May 14, 2018) was a Welsh-born Somali diplomat and politician. He was Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations 1979-1990. He ...
(1919–2018), Somali diplomat and politician
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Caesar E. Farah
Caesar E. Farah (March 13, 1929 - November 26, 2009) was a professor of history at the University of Minnesota.
Farah was born in Portland, Oregon, and received a B.A. (1952) from Stanford University, before then studying at Princeton University, ...
(1929–2009), American scholar and historian
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Cynthia Farah (born 1949), American writer and photographer
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Elias Farah
Elias Farah (October 1, 1927 – December 8, 2013) was a Syrian writer and thinker born in the city of Jisr al-Shughur. He came from a Christian Orthodox family and spent much of his early life in Aleppo. Upon graduating with a degree in literatu ...
(1928–2013), Syrian writer and thinker
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Hassan Farah
Sultan Hassan Farah ( so, Xasan Faarax, ar, حسن بن فارح was a Somali ruler. He was the third Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate
Biography
Son of Sultan Farah Guled, he was part of the second generation of the Ba Ambaro of the Rer Gule ...
3rd Grand Sultan of the
Isaaq Somali clan
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Hassan Abshir Farah
Hassan Abshir Farah ( so, Xasan Abshir Faarax, ar, حسن ابشير فرح; June 20, 1945 – July 12, 2020) was a Somali politician. He previously served as mayor of Mogadishu and interior minister of Puntland. From November 12, 2001 to Novem ...
(1945–2020), Somali politician
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Joseph Farah (born 1954), American journalist and writer
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Kenza Farah
Kenza Farah (born 8 July 1986) is a Franco-Algerian singer-songwriter. Her album '' Authentik'' won gold in its second week. It was followed up by '' Avec le cœur'' and ''Trésor''.
Career
Kenza Farah was born on 8 July 1986 in Béjaïa, Algeri ...
(born 1986), French-Algerian singer
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Martha Farah
Martha Julia Farah (born 30 August 1955) is a cognitive neuroscience researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked on an unusually wide range of topics; the citation for her lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psych ...
(born 1955), American psychologist
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Mo Farah (born 1983), Somali-British track and field athlete
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Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somali writer
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Robbie Farah (born 1984), Australian rugby league footballer
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Robert Farah (tennis) (born 1987), Colombian tennis player
Farrah
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Abd'Elkader Farrah (1926–2005), Algerian painter and stage designer
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Georges Farrah
Georges Farrah, (born August 23, 1957) is a Canadian politician.
Background
Born in Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, the son of Arthur Farrah and Hilda Boudreau, he was educated in administration at the University of Moncton.
Member ...
(born 1957), Canadian politician
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John Farrah
John Farrah, F.L.S., F.R.Met.S (28 May 1849 – 13 November 1907) was a British grocer, confectioner, biologist and meteorologist from Harrogate, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. In the late 19th century he developed the business strategy ...
(1849–1907), British grocer, confectioner, biologist and meteorologist
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Pat Farrah, American retail executive
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Shamek Farrah
Shamek Farrah is an alto saxophone player, who was featured on many Strata-East Records albums, and released two albums on the label as leader.allmusic Biography/ref>
Reviewing ''First Impressions'', Allmusic said: "This is the standard spiritual ...
(), American saxophone player
Fictional characters
* Farah,
a character in the American television series ''Sleeper Cell'', played by
Sarah Shahi
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi ( fa, آهو جهانسوز شاهی; born ), known professionally as Sarah Shahi (), is an American actress and former model. She played Carmen on ''The L Word'' in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama ''Fairly Leg ...
* Farah Black, a character in the American television series ''
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'', played by Jade Eshete
* Farah, a character in the video game series ''
Prince of Persia
''Prince of Persia'' is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner. It is built around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince, set in ancient and medieval Persia.
The first two games i ...
''
* Farah Oersted, a character in the video game ''
Tales of Eternia''
* Fareeha a character in the videogame ''
Overwatch''
* Farah, a character in the video game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
See also
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Pharah, a character in the ''Overwatch'' video game
Surnames of Somali origin
References
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Arabic feminine given names
Unisex given names